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In reply to the discussion: Girls commit dating violence as often as boys, studies show [View all]intaglio
(8,170 posts)1. You might want to post the spectrum of violence covered
The study looked at a spectrum of behaviors, ranging from name calling and expressing anger, spreading rumors, and using controlling behaviors such as keeping track of dating partners, to physical violence such as slapping, hitting and biting, and sexual violence including forced kissing. Taken as a whole, one in three reported being the victim of at least one of the behaviors on that spectrum.
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Absolutely terrifying if you are a man and it really shows how hard done by men are
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You are reporting that women are as violent as men in the conventional sense of violence
intaglio
Aug 2013
#3
I addressed that in post 13, snookums. (right below this, interestingly enough)... go read...
opiate69
Aug 2013
#18
I see little debate that men stalking, controlling, and verbally abusing qualifies as violence
lumberjack_jeff
Aug 2013
#17
I agree that domestic violence, regardless of the gender of the abuser or abusee, shouldn't
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#25
"...the woman was the perpetrator in 70% of those cases." That in particular is really striking.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#28
The study said that nonreciprocally violent relationships were less likely to involve injury.
lumberjack_jeff
Aug 2013
#29
Whether or not women are a violent as men - which by many definitions of "violence" they aren't -
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#21
"It would be more effective to interrupt the violence at... a point at which no one needs
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#26