tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post3915232007826053336..comments2024-03-27T08:39:28.807-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Deep Thought On Domestic ViolenceAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-56765974381743086692009-05-01T11:57:00.000-06:002009-05-01T11:57:00.000-06:00I believe this post can technically be called "gob...I believe this post can technically be called "gobbledygook" as it uses many words to say nothing. It certainly over-emphasizes DV generally and not just under-emphasize but totally neglects (as the previous poster mentioned) the fact that women are frequently the aggressors in domestic combat.<br /><br />Empirical evidence can be found in:<br />(1) The National Institute of Mental Health funded and oversaw two of the largest studies of domestic violence ever conducted, both of which found equal rates of abuse between husbands and wives; and<br />(2) Professor Martin S. Fiebert of Cal State - Long Beach maintains an on-line bibliography summarizing nearly 200 academic studies that conclude that women are as physically aggressive in their intimate relationships as men.<br /><br />Indeed, the greater point to be made here is that many women use allegations or the threat of allegations of DV as a weapon, particularly in situations involving marital separation, divorce, and child custody. More to this point, three-quarters of all such protestations are unsubstantiated, that is, false.<br /><br />As for me, I am quite tired of the constant false stereotyping used to denigrate men. Our so-called Family Law courts should certainly stop falling for such foolishness ("labeling") and call it what it is ... an attack on men and fatherhood. Instead, the courts should prosecute against perjury, subornation of perjury, and false reporting.Informed Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-46583065399923765892009-04-08T08:58:00.000-06:002009-04-08T08:58:00.000-06:00As is common in the domestic violence literature, ...As is common in the domestic violence literature, I use a feminine pronoun as the universal pronoun when referring the victims, and the mascuine pronoun as the universa pronoun when referring to perperator, in the same sense that one used to use the pronoun "he" to refer to "he or she" as a universal pronoun.<BR/><BR/>My discussion is not meant to exclude female-male cases or same sex couple cases, although the typical dynamics of domestic violence are not the same in every combination.<BR/><BR/>I would suggest, however, that most domestic violence incidents in whic men suffer physical injuries due to domestic violence assaults from women have a very different profile from those of typical heterosexual domestic violence assaults by men upon women. I suspect that a good share of the injuries are received from women acting in self-defense or extended self-defense after a pattern of attacks received. I suspect that the injuries suffered by the men are not as serious on average. And, I suspect that a fairly small part of overall domestic violence assaults by women on men are embedded in a situation of dominance and control. But, I appreciate the statistic and link, and may find another blog post to take up the issue you pose. Certainly, this is a less widely understood phenomena despite the fact that it is fairly common.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-35475215240412861552009-04-07T17:20:00.000-06:002009-04-07T17:20:00.000-06:00You don't seem to cover the case of men being the ...You don't seem to cover the case of men being the victims of domestic violence.<BR/><BR/>http://www.glennsacks.com/new_doj_domestic.htm<BR/><BR/>"An analysis of 552 domestic violence studies published in the Psychological Bulletin found that 38 percent of the physical injuries in heterosexual domestic assaults are suffered by men."Michael Malakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007582156392845677noreply@blogger.com