Donnareit
Verified Victim's Advocate
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Gilbert AZ
Posts: 571
A good report
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Originally Posted by oceanblueeyes
I don't think we will ever know the real truth about males who are victimized by dangerous females. They are the least likely to report anyway so the stats will always be skewed imo.
I think it goes on a hellavu lot more than some like to think. Its just better to say that most abuse is done by a man.
I think this case will bring much needed awareness and support for male abuse victims which is very much needed.
Many abuses are done to males even in their childhood and many times it can be at the hands of their mothers or other female family members. The stats, iirc say 1-4 females are abused and 1-6 males are abused. That is way too much abuse for either gender imo.
Women have a more favorable outcome in their trials than men do for same like crimes. On average a man may spend a minimum of 17 years in prison for murder and for the same like crime a female will only serve 8-10 years.
There is a great disparity and double standards in our country about many things. Abuse done to males by stalker/female abusers are one imo and unequal punishments for same like crimes is another.
So I'm not ready to believe that all men are the bad ones and females are good as ALV has promoted for over 34 years with a very biased viewpoint. Imo, she has never met a man she did like.
And then we wonder why men don't come forward and report female abusers. They don't because society on a whole diminishes its seriousness and severity if they are the victims.
Trying to find the truth led me to this recent study. The numbers are interesting (and ALV would have been well served to have a look at them); but even more interesting in light of this case, is the data a sexual assualt and stalking where the male is the victim (again, ALV could have avoided a world of embarassment had she read this).
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/nisvs/
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