Dating violence - Boys just as likely to be victims (SYG)
This is a discussion on Dating violence - Boys just as likely to be victims (SYG) within the Abuse - DV forums, part of the News category; Found from SYG this morning, credit to Gwallan - who (tsk tsk) posted it there and not here - shame ...
Found from SYG this morning, credit to Gwallan - who (tsk tsk) posted it there and not here - shame on you gwallan, shame on you! But seriously, a great find! I'm putting it in chit chat and then moving it to the abuse forum so the majority of visitors can see it. Yay!
Study involving nearly 15,000 high school kids across the US. 8.9% of boys and 8.8% of girls experience dating violence. Doesn't appear to be any spin to the article at all.
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Dating violence common among teens in US
Last Updated: 2006-05-18 15:56:09 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly 1 out of 11 US high school students is subjected to physical violence from their boyfriend or girlfriend each year, the results of a nationwide survey suggest.
Boys are just as likely as girls to be the victim of such violence, according to a report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In response to these findings, the CDC is launching "Choose Respect," a program to prevent dating violence and foster the early development of attitudes, behaviors and skills that help form healthy, respectful relationships.
The initiative, to be conducted in 10 cities during the summer of 2006, will be directed at adolescents between 11 and 14 years. The activities and materials will include online games, podcasts, videos, posters, and public service announcements.
For the study, Dr. M. C. Black, from the National Center for Injury Prevention, and colleagues analyzed data from the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which included students in grades 9 through 12 from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
A total of 14,956 students from 158 schools answered the question, "During the past 12 months, did your boyfriend or girlfriend ever hit, slap, or physically hurt you on purpose?"
Their responses showed that 8.9 percent of boys and 8.8 percent of girls reported physical victimization. Based on these findings, the authors estimate that nearly 1.5 million high school students in the US experienced physical dating violence in 12 months before the survey.
Dating violence was more common among blacks (13.9 percent) and Hispanics (9.3 percent) than whites (7.0 percent).
Those who had experience physical dating violence, compared with their peers who had not, were 3.3 times more likely to have attempted suicide and 1.7 times more likely to have engaged in fighting during the previous year.
Having five or more alcoholic drinks or smoking on at least 1 of the previous 30 days was associated with dating violence, as was engaging in sexual intercourse during the previous 3 months.
"Adolescents need encouragement, examples, and guidance from parents, schools, and communities about how to relate to other people," Dr. Ileana Arias, director of CDC's National Center for Injury and Violence Prevention, states in a CDC press release. "Not only do such efforts reduce the number of immediate injuries, they can improve the overall health and well-being of our nation's children."
SOURCE: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 19, 2006.
Out of the gloom a voice spake unto me. 'Smile and be happy, Things could get worse."
So I smiled and was happy, and behold... Things did get worse.
Feminist will say "you've got it all wrong its the girls who are victims here and we are not equal with men and we will tell you when the sexes should be treated as equals because you know boys are stronger than girls and girls must defend themselves against boys... since all boys/men are rapist. And if a girl is being violent it is because she has to defend herself from the rapist."
Back to reality now it will be a cold day in hell before the lamestream media would provides statiistics like these to the public.
Billy
Thomas Jefferson once said "It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good."
Feminuts are stupid, throw some common sense at them. They won't know what hit them.
21st-May-2006
