Families combat violence -FBI est. 50% of women in US will be involved in a violent relationship

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[chance33_98]

The FBI estimates 50 percent of women in the United States will be involved in a violent relationship some time in their lives.

Wonder how they got that number? (Random # generator?)

[Judith Anne]

I don't believe that.

[chance33_98]

Perhaps they watered down the meaning to include any time a voice is raised...

[Larry Lucido]

The headline makes it look like 50% of married women are routinely beaten by their husbands. In fact, it means that half of all women, at some time in their lives, have been involved in a marriage, shackup or dating relationship where at least one incident involved some pushing, shoving or hitting. So voila, a 50% rate of "domestic violence."

BTW, I'm sure a lot of guys out there have been slapped, pushed or shoved by a wife, shackup or date. Maybe even 50%?

[Judith Anne]

Just as the meaning of "abuse" and "rape" has been watered down by the feminist left.

[joesnuffy]

A raised voice or cursing at a domestic partner is considered domestic violence as far as arrest and conviction are concerned...
How they "cook the books" on crime...

[joesnuffy]

Kinda like lynx hair in a national forest

[Drango]

We can solve this with a commission.

Bill Clinton will head it, and all women will be told to "put some ice on it"

[mlmr]

They get these numbers by defining violence down. Being yelled at is now being abused. More clients for the system.

[glockmeister40]

The feminist definition of rape is any sexual act - with a man.

[FITZ]

The headline makes it look like 50% of married women are routinely beaten by their husbands. In fact, it means that half of all women, at some time in their lives, have been involved in a marriage, shackup or dating relationship where at least one incident involved some pushing, shoving or hitting.

Even then the figure seems high. Maybe they include things like a man hitting a wall or table out of anger.

[Izzy Dunne]

Don't have time to do a detailed study, but I found This PDF DOCUMENT from the FBI, stating that in 1995, there were 58, 538 incidents of "family violence" in 1995 (includes robbery and "intimidation" incidents).
Assuming the U.S. female population is 140,000,000, that's 0.000418, or 0.04 percent.
So, a person stands a 0.04% chance of FV per year.
If she lives for 75 years, that's a collective chance of 3.1 percent (75 * 0.000418).

How do you get from there to "The FBI estimates 50 percent of women in the United States will be involved in a violent relationship some time in their lives."?

Am I missing something?

[Judith Anne]

Yes, and one of the things that infuriates me about that definition is the way it minimizes the pain of genuine rape.

[STD]

50% of women in US will be involved in a violent relationship

corollary %0% of all men are involved in violent relationships! Yikes! Shocked, I'm shocked!

[STD]

Errr, 50% of all men are involved in violent relationships. Shocked, I'm shocked

[altura]

Worse than random number generated ... they found it in an article in Oprah who found it in Mother Jones who found it ....

[Larry Lucido]

Even then the figure seems high. Maybe they include things like a man hitting a wall or table out of anger.

Probably also had to include women who were were in the adjacent apartment when the guy hit the wall.

BTW, notice how the list includes "girlfriends" of women who are battered. Homosexual and lesbian relationships are noted for high levels of violence. Including this skews the numbers further, while still making men look like the culprits.

[Ed_in_NJ]

It's nothing we can't handle with a $50 billion budget and twenty-five rooms full of bureaucrats!

[LadyDoc]

the answer how they got that number is either A) they have exaggerated the real abuse with minor stuff or B) their sample ignores repeat abusees.

We see the same women over and over again. They get rid of one boyfriend and get another just as bad. See the statistic about "37% of women treated for trauma in Emergency rooms have been abused"?

It's probably higher.

If you are a profession "victim", you often take drugs, legal or illegal. So you have more DUI type accidents, both in motor vehicles or in being a klutz and falling or cutting yourself in the kitchen etc.(both legal and illegal tranquillizers slow your reflexes.)

Then too you have to take into account minor stuff. I had a teenaged son throw a cup of coffee at me. So I'd have to say yes to "domestic abuse". The fact he did it once and I had him arrested and only had the charges dropped by having him move out and attend anger management counselling made this a one time problem. But it still would count as "abuse" on the statistics.

[Yeti]

Same old bag o' tricks.

Hey, I hear 2/3 of all college students will get raped ...