Posted on 12/17/2004 9:28:49 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
A.)Lesbians:
1.) Women are four times more likely to be victims of domestic violence in a lesbian household than in a married household.(Claire Renzetti, Violent Betrayal)
2.) Marrried women in traditional families experience the lowest rate of violence compared with women in other types of relationships ("Violence Between Intimates," Bureau of Justice Statistics Selected Findings, November 1994, p.2)
3.)Among lesbians, "rates of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse were all significantly higher in their prior lesbian relationships than in their prior heterosexual relationships: 56.8% had been sexually victimized by a female, 45% had experienced physical aggression, and 64.5% experienced physical/emotional aggression." (1991 survey of 350 lesbians, 75% of whom had been in a previous relationship with a man) (Donald G. Dutton "Patriarchy and Wife Assault: The Ecological Fallacy Violence and Victims. Vol 9, Number 2., 1994. Page(s) 167-178.)
4.) A survey of 1,099 lesbians found that more than half reported that they had been abused by a female lover/partner. This includes verbal, emotional, psychological, and physical abuse. (Gwat Yong Lie and Sabrina Gentlewarrior, "Intimate Violence in Lebian Relationships: Dicussion of Survey Findings and Practice Implications, "Journal of Social Service Research 15 (1991): 41-59)
5.) Levels of abuse run higher among lesbians than they do homosexual men.
a.)44% of gay men reported having experienced violence in their relationships, 13% reported sexual violence and 83% reported emotional abuse.
b.)55% of lesbians reported physical violence in their relationships, 14% reported sexual abuse, and 84% reported emoytional abuse. (Study of 499 ethnically diverse homosexual, bisexual and transgendered teenagers and adults) (Susan C. Turrell "A Descriptive Analysis of same-Sex Relationship Violence for a Diverse Sample" Journal of Family Violence. Vol. 13, 2000. Page(s) 281-293)
B.)Heterosexual women:
1.)There is evidence from a variety of sources that women are more violent in a domestic setting while men wage war globally. The Revs. Sewell point out in their recent report that:
"We think it is important to note that there have been the same kind of studies done in many countries. there is cross-cultural verification that women are more violent than men in family settings. When behavior has cross-cultural verification it means that it is part of human nature rather than a result of cultural conditioning. Females are most often the perpetrators in spousal violence in most cultures that have been studied to date."
2.) Susan Steinmetz, Ph.D. a leading researcher in the filed of family violence, has done a cross-cultural comparison of marital abuse. Using a modified version of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS), she examined marital violence in small samples from six socities: Finland, United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Belize, and Israel. Her results suggest that "...in each society the percentage of husbands who used violence was similiar to the percentage of violent wives." The major exception was Puerto Rico where men were more violent. She also found that: "Wives who used violence...tended to use greater amounts."(Steinmetz, S.K. A Cross Cultural Comparison of Marital Abuse, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 8, 404-414, 1981)
3.) A 1988 survey of couples in Canada by Brinkerhoff and Lupri found the same pattern. They examined interspousal violence in a representative sample of 562 couples in Calgary, Canada. they used the CTS and found twice as much severe violence where females assaulted males, 11%, as male assaulting female, 5%.(Brinkerhoff and Lupri, Interspusal Violence. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 13, p. 407-434, 1988)
All of the above referenced studies can be found at http://www.dvmen.org/dv-38.htm
4.)In Bland and Orn's study, 73.4% of a sample of 616 women said they were the first to use physical violence. (Bland, R. and Orn, H. Family Violence and Psychiatric Disorder, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 31, p. 129-137, March, 1986)
The bibliography for B.) 1-4 can be found at http://www.dvmen.org/dv-183.htm
5.) The data from 3 studies: one in 1975, one in 1985, and one done in 1992.
Results:
The scientifc data for the three studies, expressed as a rate per 1,000 couples:
Minor violent acts:
1. Threw something 2. Pushed/Grabbed/Shoved 3. Slapped or spanked
Severe Violent Acts:
1. Kicked/bit/hit with fist 2. Hit, tried to hit with object 3. Threatened with gun or knife 4. Beat up 5. Used gun or knife
Minor Assaults by husband/ by wife 1975 98/77 1985 82/75 1992 92/94
Severe Assaults by husband/ by wife 1975 38/47 1985 30/43 1992 19/44
1975 study: (Behind Closed Doors: Violence In the American Family, Anchor Press, Garden City, NY)
1985 study: (Strauss and Gelles, Journal of Marriage and the Family, August 1986)
1992 study: (Murray A. Straus and Glenda Kaufman Kantor. 13th World Congress of Sociology, July 19, 1994)
Table was prepared using the data from ("Change in Spouse Assault Rates From 1975 to 1992: A Comparison of Three National Surveys In The United States" By Murray A. Straus and Glenda K. Kantor.)
Average results of three studies:
Husbands report they have been severely assaulted by wives: 32 per 1000.
Wives report they have been severely assaulted by Husband: 22 per 1000.
If one will take the time to peruse these studies, as well as the numerous studies at http://www.dvmen.org/dv-39.htm one will find:
1.) No evidence that a patriarchal society has any direct influence on family violence.
2.)There is no direct relationship between structural patriarchy and wife assault.
3.)Battering in lesbian couples is much more frequent than heterosexual battering and lesbian relationships are significantly more violent than gay relationships.
These and other studies show that, domestically, lesbian women are the most violent, heterosexual women 2nd most violent, homosexual men 3rd most violent, and heterosexual men are the least violent.
It's ALWAYS the second offender who gets nailed.
link to source please? can't verify if we don't know the source. this could all be claptrap and deranged rantings if we don't know where it came from.
gotta collect that grant money
This information is almost 10 years old.
Yeah. Reminds me of all the soy funding at the U. of Illinois for years and years, sponsored by big soy companies. Followed by a big boom in sales of soy based products.
And most boys are still taught that you never, ever, hit a girl. That training carries over into marriage for most young men. However provoked they may be, they don't physically assault their spouse. Women, of course, recognize this early on and most respect their husband's curtailing their greater physical strength. Some, however, view their sex as a get out of jail free card and resort to physical assault, knowing that their spouse has a lifetime of habit and training holding him back from retaliation.
When things go bad in a lesbian marriage neither side can count on gentlemanly instincts or training to limit the physical assault to just one side. And, as a result, you find the outcome described in the article.
>>>> Reminds me of all the soy funding at the U. of Illinois
http://www.soyfoodsillinois.uiuc.edu/experts.html
Creates positions for big checks - to create marketing to create illusions of market demand - to create stock sales - to create.....well, you know how it goes.
ROTFL!
were we married to the same woman?? if you meet a short redhead named beth, RUN!!!
such sarcasm:-)
thanx fer pointing that out. us harried professors can't find things if they ain't where we expect them sometimes. especially us older ones...(sigh!)
cheers and Merry Christmas
I stopped reading after this pearl of wisdom was devined.....LOLOLOL
What idiots, only women in lesbian relationship...therefore only women abused.
But these are studies, from one decade to another, 1970's, 1980's 1990's, showing long-term evidence that women are more violent domestically than men, and one study was from 2000 showing that lesbian women are more violent than homosexual men. This supplements and concurs with the rest of the studies. Data over a long peroid of time and cross-culturally evidence is hard to dispute.
The study by Revs. Sowell http://www.dvmen.org/dv-38.htm found that "females are most often the perpetrators of spousal violence in most cultures that have been studied to date. This leads many professionals to conclude that there is something biological about violent females in family situations."
Alot more where that came from as well
http://www.dvmen.org/dv-38.htm
Look here and at the other http:// links I provided within the article.
The studies show that Women are just....meaner.
'Isn't that 100% of women?'
- That was my thought as well. Instead of saying something to the effect that 'Science proves women are more aggressive than men', the article is designed to make an issue out of the women's sexuality.
If science could in fact prove that there are hormonal differences between straight and gay women leading to a difference in the levels of violence, it would lend credence to the argument that homosexuals are in fact victims of their chemical makeup, and that is is not simply a behavior decision. I don't know of a study which has proven it yet.
The statistics listed in this article are interesting though.
Another bash women thread...I'm outta here.
This has been known for more than 10 years. Get the truth out.
"Figures may not add to 100% because of rounding."
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