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Domenstic Violence (9/23/99)
The problem we have with domenstic violence laws are not so much in the way they are written, but in the way they are enforced. It seems that 95% or more of the time it is the male who goes to jail. This is odd because the most credible research shows that the perpetrator (or primary aggressor) is a female about 50% of the time. Women are almost twice as likely as men to use deadly violence then men are.As far as sentencing goes, females recieve sentences roughly half as long as their male counterparts on an apples-to-apples case comparison. Fines and probation terms are also commenstrate with the half as much unwritten rule.
Why does this peculiar discrepancy exsist? We believe it has a great deal to do with sensitivity training many law enforcement officers are required to undergo. This training mandates, "domestic violence is a crime perpetrated by males on females", "battered husbands are a myth", and "males by nature are violent, women are not". Anyone who has seen a physical altercation between two angry females knows this is hogwash. In our experience females are out for blood, while males engage in more of a show of masculinity.
Another problem is the way in which statistics ar portrayed. Most are anything but unbiased. Here are some examples of the way to statistics are skewed to fit an agenda:
Skewed statement:
Almost 6 times as many women victimized by intimates (18%) as
those victimized by strangers (3%) did not report their violent
victimization to police because they feared reprisal from the
offender. (Ronet Bachman Ph.D., U.S. Department of Justice Bureau
of Justice Statistics, "Violence Against Women: A National
Crime Victimization Survey Report," January 1994, p. 1)
Retort:
There are no numbers given for the victimizations against men?
Skewed statement:
There are 1,500 shelters for battered women in the United States.
There are 3,800 animal shelters (Schneider, 1990).
Retort:
We guess this is supposed to mean women are valued half as much
as animals, but it doesn't address the fact that there are 0 shelters
for men
Statistics have come from a book compiled by:
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
125 S. 9th Street
Suite 302
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Please contact them directly regarding statistics.
We wonder if the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women have an agenda? Hmmph?
We welcome your comments: 
