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opiate69

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12. It's the title of the actual article, verbatim ffs..
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 12:08 PM
Aug 2013

Look, let's make this simple ... do you agree or disagree with the Center for Disease Control's classification of emotional abuse as a form of domestic violence??

You might want to post the spectrum of violence covered intaglio Aug 2013 #1
The study isn't about men or women Major Nikon Aug 2013 #2
You are reporting that women are as violent as men in the conventional sense of violence intaglio Aug 2013 #3
I reported no such thing Major Nikon Aug 2013 #7
What is the title of your thread? intaglio Aug 2013 #16
I addressed that in post 13, snookums. (right below this, interestingly enough)... go read... opiate69 Aug 2013 #18
"expected definition" Major Nikon Aug 2013 #20
Reading comprehension.. might want to bone up... opiate69 Aug 2013 #13
"in the conventional sense of violence" lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #15
Women 18-28 more frequently commit relationship violence. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #19
Ah, so emotional abuse is only actually abuse if the victim is female? opiate69 Aug 2013 #4
I did not say that, do not put words in my mouth intaglio Aug 2013 #5
The reasoning was explained in the article... opiate69 Aug 2013 #6
And that makes the OP lack any responsibility for what he posts? intaglio Aug 2013 #9
It's an article from NBC news Major Nikon Aug 2013 #14
You've been trying to put words in my mouth Major Nikon Aug 2013 #8
No the word "Violence" is your OP title intaglio Aug 2013 #10
It was quoted directly from the article title Major Nikon Aug 2013 #11
It's the title of the actual article, verbatim ffs.. opiate69 Aug 2013 #12
I see little debate that men stalking, controlling, and verbally abusing qualifies as violence lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #17
Those behaviors are clearly abusive no matter who engages in them. nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #22
Absolutely true. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #23
I agree that domestic violence, regardless of the gender of the abuser or abusee, shouldn't nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #25
15% explained. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #27
"...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
"Violence" need not be in scare quotes. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #24
"It would be more effective to interrupt the violence at... a point at which no one needs nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #26
Not exactly on topic, but close methinks. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #30
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