Why are you assuming they are getting some slaps?
Because thatās what the official statistics say. Not serious injury. If 100 man are not serious injuried but only 1 woman is almost beaten to death still the greater number loses its face value.
Taking your numbers 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe domestic violence.
I also believe you know that with domestic violence, the actual incident is rarely an isolated act. I donāt think itās a realtic way to put one women slaps a man 3 times and calls him names. Thereās usually a lot of belittling, emotional abuse and manipulation, and other things that goes on for both sides. This kind of thing goes on for years. I think we need to try to see whatās going on, it can be hard because some things are hard to measure.
For example, does the statistic that for many of the severe injury done by men to women, women were also the initiator and also participated in violence cause you think rethink what that means? Or are women just the victims because they got the worst of it. I donāt think the men are necessary right, but I think itās worth to put in perspective.
isnāt it the reason there are much more shelters for women than men?
Sure. But even the statistics given by owleyes said 1in4 women and 1in7 women are victims of severe domestic violence right. Thatās 25% and 15%. Not really close to 2000 shelters for women and 2 for men.
The point Iām making isnāt to say 2000 plus shelters are not reasonable for the needs of women or that some of them should become menās shelters. Itās that thereās literally no help for men even if they got past the social stigma of it. I think youāll agree 2 shelters in the entire United States in pretty underwhelming and unlikely to fit the needs of men. I donāt think society is fair to men in many regards in not seeing men as possible victims.
The bias in favor of women in family law is an issue.
Made for a time when men were the providers and women the carers and would need the support since they would have little opportunity to earn a living or remarry.
So things went well then?
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