Blackmax this is a subject that always catches my attention, and the info and research are out there, but as stated in a study which appears in the Canadian Journal on Behavioural Science, while the need to stop violence against women is obvious, violence against men is being ignored.
"Our society seems to harbour an implicit acceptance of women's violence as relatively harmless," writes Marilyn Kwong, the Simon Fraser University researcher who led this study. "Furthermore, the failure to acknowledge the possibility of women's violence jeopardizes the credibility of all theory and research directed toward ending violence against women."
The study shows roughly that 10.8% of men in the survey pushed, grabbed or threw objects at their spouses in the previous year, while 2.5% committed more severe acts, such as choking, kicking or using a weapon.
By contrast, 12.4% of women committed acts of minor violence and 4.7% committed severe violence.
The violence is seldom one-sided. Of those surveyed, 52% of women and 62% of men reported that both partners were violent.
When questioned about who initiated the most severe conflicts, 67% of women believed they had started it; only 26% believed it was their male spouse.
To quote Matt Vegh, a Canadian charter rights advocate, who has spent two years assisting male victims of domestic violence in the courtrooms:
"Make absolutely no mistake," Vegh said. "Women can smoke dope, booze it up, throw a fist, wield a knife, use a gun, beat their spouse, and beat their kids. It is a type of violence that is ignored, condoned, and treated as frivolous by a justice system that survives by feeding on the one individual who is easily stereo-typed, lacks public sympathy, does not raise fear of reprisal in politicians, and often does not fight back."
I think what this guy says sums up what has happened in society when the feminist movement abandoned biblical principals, and adapted to a different law that said I can act however I choose, and the laws of man will allow me this liberty because I am the 'weaker sex'.
“My life would have to be in danger before I would hit a woman,” says Al. "I took a lot of scratches and bruises from my wife over the years because she knew I wouldn’t hit her back. But it will affect me for the rest of my life. It demoralizes you. It makes you almost dysfunctional with the opposite sex. People don’t understand; it’s not a matter of being more powerful.” Al never sought counseling to heal from spousal abuse because, “It’s shameful to talk about being beat up by a woman.”
Woman`s and man`s place in society and in the home is one of God`s design, clearly defined in His Word, and everytime a man or woman casts aside His plan and tries to do things their own way, the end result is ruin and destruction. From a female perspective, shame on the christian woman (and I use that term lightly) who uses such aggresive behaviour, or further, taunts and provokes a man into such behaviour. God is not mocked by His own words that we are 'weaker', or our abuse of this knowledge, as He has clearly stated we will reap what we sow.
-excerpts from - the CJBS and
http://www.sheridanhill.com/battered.html
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