It means anything that one can complain about.
I would get a small percent (well under 10) is real. The rest of them are being a
Posted on 05/17/2006 2:59:10 PM PDT by Pharmboy
More than 40 percent of women surveyed in the Seattle area reported they had been physically or psychologically abused by their husbands, dates or boyfriends, researchers said on Wednesday.
And a second study showed that women who have been slapped, kicked or otherwise abused were four times more likely to report severe depressive symptoms and three times more likely to report fair or poor health.
The researchers, who say their study is a snapshot but suggests a national trend, were surprised at the numbers.
"This is an epidemic," said Dr. Robert Thompson of the Seattle-based Group Health Center for Health Studies, who led one study.
"But it flies under the radar, because of the stigma and shame associated with it -- as well as the fear that many health care providers have of opening what some call a 'Pandora's Box' of difficult problems that they are unsure how to address," Thompson added in a statement.
For their study, Thompson and colleagues interviewed a random sample of more than 3,400 women members of a Seattle health maintenance organization.
They found 44 percent of the women, aged 18 to 64, had suffered some form of what they call "intimate partner violence." Most reported more than one type -- for example, physical violence and verbal threats.
Intimate partner violence "harms women's physical and mental health even more than do other common conditions, such as back pain and even several forms of cancer," said Amy Bonomi of the Group Health Center for Health Studies, who wrote the second study.
Her team found that women who were recently abused were four times as likely as other women to report symptoms of severe depression and nearly three times as likely to report poor or fair health.
The studies, funded by the U.S. federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, mesh with previous estimates that show anywhere between 25 to 50 percent of women may have experienced abuse.
But the studies focused on women with health insurance, who tend to be older and have higher incomes and more education than average.
Of the women who were abused, 13 percent said it had persisted for more than 20 years.
And what about the verbal abuse heaved on men by women? No study for that?
Amy Bonomi of the Group Health Center for Health Studies
is this a "Leftist" Man hating org?
then it's study and data mean NOTHING.
The survey was taken in Seattle. I would expect erratic behavior in an asylum.
There are a lot of men that are cretins who need to be slapped upside the head, but studies like this are so crude that they do no legitimate service to anyone.
What does that even mean? From what I've seen, women heap on more verbal abuse than men. But psychological abuse? Is leaving the toilet seat up psychological abuse?
I wonder how much of this verbal abuse is just arguments or raising your voice at your spouse to express anger or discontent with something she said/did -- all of which is healthy and needed in a relationship or marriage.
This thread beat you by 5 minutes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1633965/posts
The last stats I saw were that women initiated violence against men at about twice the rate of men against women. Men were just better at it.
I long ago quit worrying about the stuff my wife has thrown at me and just concentrated on getting the hell out of the way
Seattle? They weren't abused by men. they were abused by "metrosexuals". Probably too many lattes.
40% of *all* women living in or near Seattle...no way!
And what constitutes verbal "abuse"?????
This is to be expected in metrosexual land.
I'm not crazy about lumping verbal abuse into the mix, but I think the study shows that abuse of women is still an issue in our society. I don't think it's an issue we can ignore, even if it doesn't apply to our own personal relationships -- especially if we have daughters or granddaughters.
Maybe it is a post-grunge quarter-life crisis. They're all in their mid-30's mow and just starting to realize that wearing flannel and listening to bad, tuneless music was a waste of time.
What do all of these women have in common?
She just wouldn't lissen.
Yeah. I certainly have been on the receiving end of what would have gotten ME thrown in jail.
That was my ex.
Men just don't talk about it.
"What does that even mean?"
Anything they want it to mean.
It means anything that one can complain about.
I would get a small percent (well under 10) is real. The rest of them are being a
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