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In reply to the discussion: How Feminism Hurts Men [View all]La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)in a normal population, a certain amount of people will report throwing things at each other, or biting or shoving etc. women are much more likely to report this because there is less stigma attached to women shoving a guy (no one really sees this as a threat and hence women do not feel compelled to lie about it).
it does not address severe violence that leads women (and some men) to die or be hospitalized. nor psychology or emotional abuse, key components of severely abused women (and some men)
surveys cannot get at clinically specially samples, at least not in that way this study did.
to say that a certain about of intimate partner violence is normalized by both genders in relationships is probably accurate. when people talk about domestic violence, they are usually not talking about someone shoving someone else out of the way to get somewhere but a non-normalized form of violence where women are the primary victims and there are some male victims