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...in which I ricochet from too serious to too flippant and where I may vent, rant or wax lyrical at my own whim, mostly about family law. Constructive co-ranting welcome. More...

7 September 2010

Domestic violence against men

Interesting piece in The Guardian about an analysis of publicly available stats looking at the proportion of DV perpetrated against men: in soundbite form around 40% of dv is perpetrated against men.

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  1. simply wondered

    as i commented at family lore, while not wishing the deny the existence or importance of dv against men, i simply do not believe these figures. no evidence, but come on – does that sound right to you? for instance 1 in 4 women have been raped (according to some estimates) and many rapes take place within relationships. i don’t see how the numbers can work at all.

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