[A_perfect_lady]

You have it absolutely backwards. You say any study indicating that domestic violence in pre 1920s America was significant enough to require laws for female independence is exaggerated. You are the one who has the burden of proof.

Please indicate what studies you have read that you consider exaggerated. Start with ONE. Just ONE. Give us a name, or an institution, or a scholarly journal. And please don't divert to a Rolling Stone story about a college girl saying she was raped. It's not a study, and it's not the same topic, it's nothing to do with it. I want a feminist study on domestic violence pre 1920 that you think is flawed.

[rb22982]

Again, the burden of proof is on the accuser. And you have not provided a single study, period, even one from a questionable source. Why don't you do that first and we'll go from there.

[rb22982]

This one isn't from a 100 years ago, but a decade ago that was used to say one in four women were raped on college campuses. No, 1 in 5 women have not been raped on college campuses.