Glenn Sacks Examines Domestic Violence Myths

In this article from the Daily Bruin, Glenn Sacks examines some popular feminist myths about domestic violence in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Serious research on domestic violence overwhelmingly asserts that domestic assault is committed by both men and women and that, by using weapons and the element of surprise, women are abusing their male partners as often as vice versa. Only about a quarter of violent heterosexual relationships fit the feminist "man/aggressor, woman/victim" model - about the same percentage as fit the "woman/aggressor, man/victim" model.

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