UC Irvine prints: "Women More Abusive Than Men, Study Shows"

Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2007-10-31 01:57

Article here. Excerpt:

'According to recent study by Professor Murray A. Straus of the University of New Hampshire, men are less physically abusive than previously thought. In fact, the examination showed that women were found to be more abusive in mutually abusive relationships.

The study, which observed 13,601 university students over a 12-month period, showed that nearly a third of both male and female students physically assaulted their partners over time. The study also shows that young men and women are particularly prone to aggression.

According to Marc E. Angelucci, Esq., president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Coalition of Free Men, a non-profit group that examines sex discrimination affecting men and boys, the reason that these findings did not surface previously is that men often fail to report domestic abuse, making crime statistics unreliable.'

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"the reason that these findings did not surface previously is that men often fail to report domestic abuse, making crime statistics unreliable."

That's not what I said.

This article had some sloppy parts, especially in the last statement, but I'm still happy with the progress and especially the title, since that's what most people see.

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Submitted by Marc A. on Wed, 2007-10-31 02:27

They quoted some lady in the article, who effectively says, "we need these institutionalized biases against men - to balance out the inequality that women still suffer".

Brilliant!
-ax

P.S. Marc, if you have the time and space here - what DID you say to that journal, regarding the statement you mention?

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Submitted by axolotl on Wed, 2007-10-31 03:57

that the suppression was a combination of gender politics keeping the truth hidden, media bias, ignorance, stereotypes, *and* that men aren't reporting it as much as women. Something along those lines. No biggie but a misquote. I expect misquotes especially in student newspapers.

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Submitted by Marc A. on Wed, 2007-10-31 18:40

Sounds like that was a case of, "the media keeping the truth hidden"!
-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Thu, 2007-11-08 21:39