Unsurprising, predictable in fact.

This makes me ponder the hidden DV stats in the US.

It can be shown indisputably that DV is about equally male or female.

The followup is that 1/3 of the seriously injured are men.

Could it be more than 33 1/3 %?

It doesn't surprise me one bit but still makes me ever so slightly irate.

Could it be due to human's protective nature of those considered physically weaker?

Title:The legal consequences of intimate partner violence for men and women.Authors:Felson, Richard B.1 Rbf7@psu.eduSource:Children & Youth Services Review; Jun2008, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p639-646, 8pDocument

Type:ArticleSubject Terms:

*WIFE abuse
*ABUSE of women
*HUSBAND abuse
ABUSIVE behavior

Abstract: Activists claim that assaults on women by their intimate partners tend to go unreported, and that, when they are reported, offenders are treated leniently while victims are mistreated. I review a research program consisting of seven studies that examines whether assaults involving intimate partners have different consequences than other assaults, and whether these consequences depend on the gender of offenders and victims. The consequences examined include: whether the assault was reported to the police; the reasons the victim gave for reporting or not reporting; whether the victim signed a complaint; whether the offender was punished; and whether the victim was satisfied with the way the case was handled. The evidence does not support the idea that assaults by male partners are particularly likely to be underreported or treated leniently. Rather, the results suggest that offenders who assault women are more likely to suffer legal consequences than those who assault men, whether their victim is their partner or someone else.

[Copyright 2008 Elsevier] Copyright of Children & Youth Services Review is the property of Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.

This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts)Author Affiliations:1Department of Sociology, 1012 Oswald Tower, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, United States

ISSN:01907409DOI:10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.01.005 Accession Number:32049240

Quote from John Dias

Check out the following study by researcher Richard Felson. In a survey of 800 people, he asked whether the injuries of a woman were more or less serious than the injuries of a man. Despite the injuries being identical, respondents indicated that the woman's injuries were still more serious. Identical injuries, and still a man's injury is less serious than a woman's. This mentality reminds me of the title of a thread I saw a while back, here at AntiMisandry: "World coming to an end; women disproportionately affected."

Here's the link to download the study. If any of us are university students, and have access through library computers to download the study for free, please grab the PDF version and post it here as a file attachment.

There's no PDF version available at my college's library, but I'll see what I can do.

Tera, if you could give a URL for that study, I can add it to the 'studies' section.