friendly-neighborhood-patriarch:
I was pretty skeptical about the figures, since they contradict what I usually hear on the media, so I did a little research. Here’s what I found:
(Sorry this is so US centric)
(I’ll also try to stay close to primary sources as possible)(http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6308a1.htm?s_cid=ss6308a1_e)
- the 12 months before taking the survey, an estimated 4.0% of women experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner
-an estimated 14.2% of women experienced some form of psychological aggression in the 12 months preceding the survey.
-*4,774,000 women have been victims of physical violence by intimate partner in the 12 months preceding the survey
-*17,091,000 women have been victims of psychological aggression by intimate partner in the 12 months preceding the survey- the 12 months before taking the survey, an estimated 4.8% of men experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner
-an estimated 18.0% of men experienced some form of psychological aggression in the 12 months preceding the survey.
-*5,452,000 men have been victims of physical violence by intimate partner in the 12 months preceding the survey
-*20,471,000 men have been victims of psychological aggression by intimate partner in the 12 months preceding the survey*Table 6
By the data presented by the Center for Disease Control, out of the estimate of 10,226,000 yearly victims of intimate partner violence, 53.3% of victims where male and 46.6% were female. As for psychological aggression, out of the estimate of 37,562,000 yearly victims, 54.4% were male and 45.5% were female. These statistics would support the claim made in the bottom left.
Now I couldn’t find a primary source for the 70% of DV is initiated by women, but here’s the facts that I found, which may have been interpreted by the people who made this poster:
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glenn-sacks/researcher-says-womens-in_b_222746.html)
-Women who were in a battered women’s shelter, 67% of the women reported severe violence toward their partner in the past year.This can be interpreted as “67% of violent couples with IPV is mutual”. But then again, primary sources and full data would be helpful to back up this claim.
But the one that is most interesting is:(http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsArticle.aspx?articleid=111137)(Another report analysis from the CDC)
-23.9% of relationships are violent
-50.3% of IPV is non-reciprocal and 49.7% is reciprocal (Reciprocal IPV= Mutual violence)
-70.7% of non-reciprocal IPV is initiated by women.So summing up the numbers, it’s not that 70% of all DV is initiated by women, its that 70% of non-reciprocal DV is initiated by women. To go further would say that 49.7% of DV is mutual, 36.2% of DV is initiated by women, and 14.5% of DV is initiated by men
Male victims of domestic violence are real. They are hurting. And they often don’t get the attention and compassion they so urgently deserve and need.
Have a heart. Open your mind, and give a care.
Hm. These numbers are all so different to anything I’ve seen before. I’m reblogging and liking this both for my own reference and to spread these numbers to others. I’m definitely gonna look into this and see if I can find more sources and more information.
Mother fuckers can we all just say let’s not be dicks to our fucking love ones already?
Tagging this for my speech project that I need the sources for
You are a life saver.
That list is good, but outdated. I e-mailed the researcher who compiled that list a couple weeks ago and he gave me three different documents. I uploaded them to this dropbox folder. You can go there and download them.
The list of studies is now up to 343 scholarly investigations (270 empirical studies and 73 reviews). Not only did he send me that list, but he also sent me two meta-studies (also in the dropbox folder). One is on male/female perpetration rates and the other is on male/female victimization rates.
There is also “Rates of Bi-directional versus Uni-directional Intimate Partner Violence Across Samples, Sexual Orientations, and Race/Ethnicities: A Comprehensive Review“. It’s a mouthful to be sure. Basically this study took the data from 48 other empirical studies, collated the data, placed it online for public viewing, submitted it for peer review, and was found to be accurate.
It’s findings basically wind down to this:
- 84% of relationships are non-violent
- 58% of relationships that are violent, both partners abuse the other.
- 28% of violent relationships only the woman is violent
- 14% of violent relationships only the man is violent.
This is featured Partner Abuse State of Knowledge Project website and is part of a much larger DV research project. You can read the summarized findings here or take a gander at the full 61-page review. This is a compilation of the research of Erin Pizzey, Murray Strauss, Don Dutton, and many others who are challenging the feminist model of patriarchal dominance. They also have some videos that are very informative as well.
Murray Strauss also compiled: Thirty Years of Denying the Evidence on Gender Symmetry in Partner Violence: Implications for Prevention and Treatment. A report detailing the existence of over 200 studies showing gender symmetry in victimization rates. Studies that show symmetry going as far back as 1975. He also examines the methods feminist researchers have used to suppress the evidence from public discourse, hence the title “Thirty Years of Denying the Evidence”.
Two other excellent and brief videos on the topic come from the MenAreGood YouTube channel:
Male Victims of Domestic Violence - The Hidden Story
Bias Against Men and Boys in Mental Health Research
I really need to write up a solo reference post for domestic violence data…
You are also a life saver.
This is so important
Reblogging since this is a huge list of scholarly sources. Am poking through some of these and it’s a fucking huge list.
- Mod Kuzco
this is very important, so i’m abstaining from fallout for a bit to bring this to everyone’s attention.
Coincidentally, I was reading earlier today that most men who are repeated victims of abuse learn NOT to call the police because THEY’Re usually the ones who end up being arrested.
This is true. It’s actually been studied before and this was the result:
The men in the survey who called the police found them to be “very helpful” in only 19% of cases, and “not at all helpful” in 50% of cases. More importantly, when an abused man called the police, the police were more likely to arrest him than to arrest his abusive female partner. The men who called the police were arrested in 26% of cases, whereas their abusive partners were arrested in only 17%. Half the time the police arrested nobody, despite the abuse, and in 8% of the cases they arrested both the abuser and the victim. In those cases where the police did identify the abused man’s female partner as the aggressor, in 29% of cases, they refused to arrest the abusive woman. In 39% of these cases they said that there was nothing they could do and left.
This is relevant for my interests. It might also be relevant for some others’ interests to know that Influential Feminists™ consider these relevant for their interests.
(via metagorgon)
2 months ago · tagged #abuse cw #domestic abuse cw #steel feminism · 21,617 notes · .permalink
plaidaleki liked this
vanden-boss liked this
violbassen liked this
poplitealqueen liked this
sansarystarks reblogged this from proudblackconservative
cold--hard--bitch reblogged this from lusing-it
lusing-it reblogged this from fighting-misinformation
dipitydoodles reblogged this from fighting-misinformation
painted-notepad reblogged this from problematicparrot
stained-glass-sketchbook liked this
dru-d-r-u reblogged this from beautifully-u-g-l-y
corvus-onca-sapien reblogged this from if-we-were-to-tell-the-truth- corvus-onca-sapien liked this
rwong2b liked this
benjianders reblogged this from vergessenkampf
huntingtherightfacts liked this
supersaiyanhentia reblogged this from furrycenter and added:Women this days are becoming evil
ginger-sinning liked this
cosmicleche liked this
stormloris liked this
conf-used-af reblogged this from toyboxarmada1
just-us-justice-ducks reblogged this from switzetta
switzetta reblogged this from yamsbby
mrbgs101 reblogged this from anti-feminism-pro-equality
egoissimo reblogged this from based-zcv
neuromatic liked this
dr-rushs-glasses liked this
venus-in-lilac reblogged this from if-we-were-to-tell-the-truth
issues-of-thepresentday reblogged this from everyurlithinkofistoolong and added:“Nothing they could do” just because the abuser was a woman? That’s a new level of petty gender discrimination.
breadrunnersofcakedom liked this
everyurlithinkofistoolong reblogged this from proud-texan-conservative
literallyarock liked this
backstageandinblacks liked this
catsenvy liked this
aharona liked this
designedlogic liked this
smilingpessimist reblogged this from dickslapthestate
electric-nope reblogged this from c-guard
c-guard reblogged this from electric-nope
doesnt-have-a-tumbler liked this
asknyonor liked this
piano-bitch reblogged this from projectfanfictionhd
projectfanfictionhd reblogged this from pencilnations
pencilnations reblogged this from sowombatflower
potzi-hookman liked this
fuzzykingdominfluencer liked this
ylissean-sorceress reblogged this from sowombatflower
miss-murderous-of-the-multiverse reblogged this from sowombatflower
sowombatflower reblogged this from nuttyrabbit- Show more notes