[dinok]

Women hit men? Get out...that never happens. (Riiight)

And the Arabs are peaceful.

[satchmodog9]

hmmm

[Fido969]

Oh no! Don't let Susan Estrich find out about this - the paradigm shift may throw her into shock.

[The Blitherer]

I'm so glad I've been empowered to stalk my boyfriend and instigate violence against him. I feel so free and unfettered.

I'm so glad we've used our empowerment to become MORE violent in relationships. It would be a shame to waste our newfound empowerment on petty things like ending prostitution, or teaching our daughters to respect themselves by what they wear and how they act.

(okay, my little rant is over)

[ArmstedFragg]

The author seems to be confusing a new paradigm with what is actually just a new degree of honesty.

[sourcery]

“Often women are more emotional because the relationship matters a lot to them, and while that may come out in a push or a shove or a grab, all of which are considered dating violence, it doesn’t have the effect of intimidating the man.”

What an obvious attempt to rationalize away the results. Even if the man isn't physically intimidated, you'd better believe he's legally and socioculturally intimidated--precisely on account of the anti-male biases we all know exist (and which are quite evident in the article.)

The idea that one gender is somehow "more evil" than the other is pure, unadulterated sexism.

[true_blue_texican]

Just read that title over 3 or 4 times and see if doesn't sound stupid. Does no one study grammar anymore?

[Centurion2000]

bump

[GovernmentShrinker]

This study sounds heavily reliant on PC redefinitions of "abuse". "Psychological abuse" is an inherently fuzzy term, but no doubt a lot more minor stuff qualifies in the minds of today's researchers, than in the minds of researchers 50 years ago (remember, hooting at a good-looking girl walking by now counts in the "sexual assault" figures that these folks put out -- little wonder they manage to come up with stats like "4 out of 5 women have been victims of sexual assault", that are routinely repeated as fact at freshman orientation sessions all over the country, without explanation of the criteria used). And a harmless slap delivered by a small woman to a big beefy man now counts as "physical abuse".

[Tzimisce]

interesting.

I say we raise taxes and ban jury trials.

(/sarcasm)

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Women were more likely to be psychologically abusive

This is the dirty little secret in a whole lot of marriages. From what I've seen, I would say the percentage of women who do this compared to men is a lot higher.

In a lot of relationships I see, the women are the ones who stomp around angry or sit with their head down giving out "the silent treatment" if they don't get what they want. They behave this way until the man gives in, admits that he was the one who was totally wrong, and grovels to her satisfaction. If a guy acts like this, he's a big baby. If a woman acts like this, it's normal.

[Fiddlstix]

.....Women are more likely than men to stalk, attack and psychologically abuse their partners, according to a University of Florida study.....

Damn! They were studying my ex wife! LOL
(Well, somebody had to say it. lol)

[Lizavetta]

Examples included preventing partners from seeing family or friends, shouting at them and using threats to have sex.

How do you force a guy? Or in other words, how do you push a chain?

[TChad]

I think that we are finally out of the feminist "all women are innocent victims" era. That took awhile.