tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081447.post112987771541338161..comments2024-02-19T09:57:54.701-08:00Comments on The Angry Dad: Breaking the SilenceGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16032672334544228703noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081447.post-1130266303777298412005-10-25T11:51:00.000-07:002005-10-25T11:51:00.000-07:00There is no credible research that demonstrates th...There is no credible research that demonstrates that domestic violence is other than an<BR/>equal opportunity experience.<BR/>http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm<BR/>SUMMARY: This bibliography examines 174 scholarly investigations: 138<BR/>empirical studies and 36 reviews and/or analyses, which demonstrate that<BR/>women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their<BR/>relationships with their spouses or male partners. The aggregate sample<BR/>size in the reviewed studies exceeds 163,800.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Below are the actual statements from the US Department of Justice<BR/>1) In 1996 women experienced an estimated 840,000 rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault victimizations at the hands of an<BR/>intimate, down from 1.1 million in 1993.<BR/><BR/>2) In 1996 men were victims of about 150,000 violent crimes committed by an intimate.<BR/><BR/>A couple of things to note;<BR/>-In the women experienced list included; rape, sexual assault, robbery,aggravated assault, as well as simple assault victimizations at the hands of an intimate.<BR/>-Whereas in the men victim list only had violent crimes committed by an intimate.<BR/><BR/>You also stated; ""while women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner."<BR/>violent crimes were included in the numbers for women but not for men; is there a bias?<BR/>*Notice how the numbers are loaded by including, for the women, what is not<BR/>included for the men. How many women only were victims of simple assault<BR/>victimizations at the hands of an intimate?<BR/>Do you agree that the numbers are loaded?<BR/><BR/>-While the ratio of men to women (150,000 verses 840,000) is approximately 1<BR/>to 6 (albeit the numbers are loaded to reflect more incidences against<BR/>women), while not undervaluing the issues of family violence, how<BR/>significant are the numbers?<BR/>-The population of US in 1996 was approximately 270 million people; women<BR/>victims in comparison to the population is 0.3%, while for men it is .0.05%.<BR/>Yes the ratio is almost 6 times higher but how significant are the numbers?<BR/>In comparison, I believe that 6% of the population of US believe that they<BR/>have been abducted by aliens. To hold statistical significant the percentage<BR/>difference must be or exceed 9%.<BR/>-The reality is that instead of providing the % of victims they only<BR/>provided the ration between the victims to ensure that the numbers sound<BR/>huge. How threatening to women does this sound; In 1996 women experienced<BR/>an estimated 0.3% rape, sexual assault, robbery,<BR/>aggravated assault, and simple assault victimizations at the hands of an<BR/>intimate?CalgAdvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07605390225292025695noreply@blogger.com