Finland: Teenage girls more prone to violence against dating partners than boys

Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2009-09-14 21:11

Article here. Excerpt:

'Finnish boys aged 15 to 16 are more likely to experience violence from their dating partners than girls of the same age. The matter comes out in a study by the National Research Institute on Legal Policy.

An extensive survey on youth crime shows that 22 per cent of boys in a dating relationship had been hit at least once by their girlfriends. Only six per cent of girls had experienced similar events.

The most serious types of violence is striking someone with a fist or a hard object, or kicking. Nine per cent of boys and two per cent of girls had experienced such attacks.

Being grabbed, or prevented from moving was the only type of violence that girls experienced more often than boys. The figures were 19 per cent and 14 per cent respectively.

The results were not very surprising, and followed the lines of a survey conducted in 2004, says Venla Salmi, who conducted the present study.

She says that one likely reason for the greater amount of dating violence perpetrated by girls is attributable to attitudes. The threshold for girls to commit violent acts may be lower than for boys because violence perpetrated by girls is not taken as seriously as that committed by boys.'

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What is it about modern society that causes girls to do these things? We need to give them more access to counseling, not punish them.

/sarcasm off

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Mon, 2009-09-14 23:11

so, my hero, HBO, no that's HOB, BOH, damit whatever,
has ordered ALL materials related to this type research
seized and hidden from the gullible public. that includes ALL
past research as well.

there is nothing to hide. don't be stupid. those who complain
will be labeled "TRUTHERS", and made fun of for their stupidity, and for
not just knowing and trusting what everybody has been saying for decades.
men commit ALL domestic violence.
if this weren't true, there would be no never-ending pot of
tax payer $$$$$$$ for v.a.w.a. to throw around, like drun ken sailors
on shore leave.
duh!

we just need to focus at this time and make sure nothing
distracts from our need to be as transparent as possible,
to make sure the v.a.w.a. gets all the $$$ feminists so desperately
want... i mean need to purchase whatever it is they spend
those found billions $$$ on. and don't ask about that either.
you "TRUTHERS"!

wow, what some racist people won't do for equality under the law.

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Submitted by daveinga on Tue, 2009-09-15 00:08