Glasgow University Study: 60 percent said "it was acceptable for women to hit their husbands"

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2008-11-26 02:14

Article here. Excerpt:

'However, there is a lack of acceptance that men, too, are increasingly becoming silent victims of domestic abuse and violence at the hands of their partners, and that there is a growing number of same-sex couples experiencing domestic violence from their partners.
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In a recent study on emerging attitudes and patterns of domestic violence, Glasgow University found that of the 200 women surveyed, 60 percent said "it was acceptable for women to hit their husbands" while 35 percent admitted assaulting their partners and a total of 8 percent admitted to physically injuring them.
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Owing to societal pressures and socialisation, men are less likely to talk about the abuse they suffer behind closed doors.

And not much is done to encourage men to report cases of domestic abuse, although many civil society organisations fighting domestic abuse and violence claim to represent men as well.'

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I can't help but be fascinated by the fact that not one of us has commented on this yet. I suppose it may be because it's not much of a surprise, with all the double standards in the media regarding violence.

When a man strikes a woman, or even raises his voice to her in any manner, it's inexcusable violence. If a women yells at a man, and strikes him anywhere up to and including his reproductive organs, it's supposed to be funny. SUPPOSED TO BE. Of course, it isn't at all...

But basically, I think no one here is surprised by this, and that in itself is a wake up call regarding how truly apathetic our society is towards anti-male DV.

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Fri, 2008-11-28 03:08

Well, women get an empowered Victim Identity and ability to point the finger while gossiping with girlfriends about how evil men are.

Men get emasculated for getting upset over physical abuse that they deserved anyway for being born.

There was some couple in college that supposedly the girl would hit the guy in the hall on a regular basis but nobody paid much attention. Personally if a women hit me I'd explain that it was unacceptable, judge her response, and explain that if it happened again we were through as a couple. I would give one chance, because women have been misled into thinking it is okay to hit guys and it may be an unconscious reaction the first time.

Then again I would also have to find a women desirable enough to date, which hasn't happened in years due to the few that are desirable being taken.

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Submitted by Michael on Sat, 2008-11-29 03:51