Now, let us fairly dispel stereotypes. Conclusive studies conducted by Harvard Medical School, The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the American Psychiatric Association have shed new light on women’s roles in one-sided domestic violence.
Twenty-five percent of the people surveyed admitted that there was violence present in their relationships. Twenty-eight percent of those were females and nineteen percent were males. The women in this study admitted to perpetrating 14% more violence that the men but also admitted to be more victimized than the men admitted to being.
When the violence was one-sided, both women and men said that women were the perpetrators 70% of the time. It is important to note that the women involved in this study agreed with the men on this point. Should we re-look imagery in our campaigns against domestic violence? Violence against men is just as unacceptable as violence against women and children.
