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Oh give me a break, puhleeez.
“violence against men is anecdotal, largely because of the lack of funding to study the problem”
hahahaha
how about because few are reported, maybe because few are happening
I once knew a guy (appropriately nicknamed “Flaco”) who was married to a woman twice his size who used to kick his arse on a regular basis. When he complained to his FIL he kicked his arse for being a skinny wuss.
Tiger Woods is a damn poor example.
He got what was coming to him, and it should have been more.
What about psychological abuse? When, in every “argument” the wife threatens to call the police and take the children away? Did they study that?
I know for a fact that some women will beat themselves with their fists or other such ‘tools’ to produce bruises, black eyes, cuts, scratches and anything else that would tend to support their claims that a man had been the perpetrator.
They know that if they play the domestic abuse card well enough, that the man will be ordered out of his own home and possibly put into jail where he’ll lose his job, his kids and otherwise good reputation. Meanwhile, the alleged victim can continue living in the home with standing protection orders while the bills are still being paid by the incarcerated home and property owner.
They are smart in a bad way...A VERY bad way. They’re a menace to society.
The lesson here, as unbelievable as it may seem to some, is one sex isn’t morally superior to the other.
I have a girl friend who was raised without much discipline and rules. Her mother was mean and walked all over the dad.
My friend got married to a really good guy but he was raised to be the “head of the home” (and yes, he loved his wife as Christ loved the church).
Shortly after they married, she got a speeding ticket (a BIG one) and he confronted her, not because of the ticket, but because she could have killed herself and/or others. This wasn’t her first ticket by a long shot.
After a loud discussion, he told her he was taking the keys to her car until she could learn to slow it down. They lived on a bus line and he told her to use that to get to work.
She hauled off and slugged him in the mouth and then tried to scratch his face.
Now, he was 6’4 and a big muscular guy, she was 5’2 and petite. He could have knocked her out with one hit.
Instead, he picked her up, put her over his knee, and busted her behind like she was a kid. I know, the feminazi’s would have had a fit.
He told her he wasn’t going to tolerate that kind of behavior, nor was he going to allow her to jeopardize their marriage, or put herself in danger.
This happened 24 years ago. Their 25th anniversary is in January.
That was her last speeding ticket, and her last attempt at physical violence, in all those years.
From what I understand, it WASN’T her last trip to her hubs woodshed.
I wouldn’t have believed this story if she hadn’t told me herself.
I lived with a woman like this for 8 years... my ex-wife.
She would slap and punch when she got mad at me for just about anything... she wasn't a drug or alcohol users, she was just an immature person who refused to make any effort to control herself. Oddly enough, she never laid a finger on the kids or anyone else for that matter so I know it was more of a selective thing.
Having said all that, as a real man (something we all want to see ourselves as), it's a catch-22 situation. You can't hit back and at best, you can block the punches. If you hit back or grab, you go to jail for domestic violence... but if you do nothing, you're a damned sissy for getting beat up by a girl. you don't want to call the cops because the kids, no matter how you view it, need their mother at home. Even if you DO call the police, you take the risk of going to jail yourself at the hand of a lying woman.
I just want everyone to consider the tough situation this can be for a guy, I lived through it myself for quite a few years and even though you don't necessarily live in fear (I mean, a 110 pound woman v/s a 175 pound man isn't much of a contest), it's still a huge pain in the ass having to deal with it and the associated stigmas.
Oh look! A matching bookend to the crime that is child custody.