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Hitting Women

By the way, as I suspected, the question was more comprehensive than many were assuming.

Data are derived from household surveys in which women (and men, where applicable) are asked whether they think that a husband (or partner) is justified in hitting or beating his wife (or partner) under certain circumstances. Questions are addressed to all women/men aged 15–49 years, regardless of their marital status and experience of violence. The standard indicator refers to the percentage of women aged 15–49 years who think that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife in at least one of the following circumstances: (1) she goes out without telling him, (2) she neglects the children, (3) she argues with him, (4) she refuses sex with him, (5) she burns the food. Some countries have adapted the standard questionnaire to their social contexts by including different circumstances, such as if the woman spends too much money, if she disobeys, if she is unfaithful, if she insults him, if she neglects household chores, if she disrespects her in-laws, and if she speaks about the need to protect herself against HIV/AIDS.

Supportive attitudes should not necessarily be interpreted as a measure of approval of wife-beating, nor should such attitudes imply that a woman or girl will inevitably become a victim of wife-beating, but should be seen rather as an indication of the social acceptance of such practices when women and girls have a lower status in society and certain expected gender roles are not fulfilled.
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http://www.childinfo.org/attitudes_methodology.html


It also looks like the research is concentrating on developing countries.
 
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GlennB said:
Possibly the poorest groups are also those who are still closest to the 'traditional' view of the matter? From what I've seen of Morocco, for example, the division between urban-modern and village-traditional is stark.
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The data also supports a difference between urban and rural.

And as the Prof points out, this is a compilation of data from multiple different studies/surveys.
Sources:
DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
MIMS: Multiple Indicator Monitoring Survey (Zimbabwe)
NFHS: National Family and Health Survey (India)
RHS: Reproductive Health Survey
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Are 'whites' the largest group to be on the receiving end of racism?
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I have no idea. Do we need to be?

What I do know is that here in Norway, women in relationships hit men as often as men hit women, and that in half of the cases where men seek out the help of crisis centres, the assailant is a female. Then again, I fail to see why you ask.

Or are men overwhelmingly the victims of DV?
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Again, do we need to be? Did I somehow imply we are? Does this matter somehow?

Or are you just trolling?
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Yes, obviously asking why a study on domestic violence limits itself to only some domestic violence must be trolling.
 
Safe-Keeper said:
I have no idea. Do we need to be?

What I do know is that here in Norway, women in relationships hit men as often as men hit women, and that in half of the cases where men seek out the help of crisis centres, the assailant is a female. Then again, I fail to see why you ask.

Again, do we need to be? Did I somehow imply we are? Does this matter somehow?

Yes, obviously asking why a study on domestic violence limits itself to only some domestic violence must be trolling.
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If you are going to draw an equivalency (as you did) it very much matters.

And I find it interesting that the Norwegian government seems unaware of this 'half of the victims are men' statistic you refer to.

"A survey carried out among pupils in upper secondary schools shows that seven per cent have experienced partner violence against their mother and two per cent have experienced partner violence against their father."

http://www.enp.nl/downloads/neu/Domestic violence.pdf

http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/jd...an-to-combat-domestic-violence.html?id=276936

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/w...not-extend-to-the-bedroom.html?pagewanted=all
 
crimresearch said:
"A survey carried out among pupils in upper secondary schools shows that seven per cent have experienced partner violence against their mother and two per cent have experienced partner violence against their father."
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Well that's nice and clean cut.

No consideration about possible cultural bias skewing results. Such as being culturally conditioned to not think much of women that slap or throw objects, or maybe both parents go at each other but they are taught that the man is supposed to just take it and not raise his hands back.
 
Michael555 said:
Hopefully, violence against women will be stopped sooner rather than later.
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That would be nice, but it won't happen. Neither will the reverse (violence against men by women). Humans, both men and women, just aren't good enough to stop doing that, though we have some hope of reducing how much it happens and how well we handle it when it does.
 
Jekyll's Guest said:
Well that's nice and clean cut.

No consideration about possible cultural bias skewing results. Such as being culturally conditioned to not think much of women that slap or throw objects, or maybe both parents go at each other but they are taught that the man is supposed to just take it and not raise his hands back.
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Ahh, so its 'cultural bias' that skews it from 7 to 2, versus the claimed 1 for 1? :rolleyes:
 
jhunter1163 said:
In my 48 years, I have never touched a woman in anger, and I would venture that most of the men on the forum haven't either. I agree with JamesDillon though; I would defend myself if I had to. Fortunately, Mrs. JHunter1163 doesn't have a violent temper.
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Just as a balancing anecdote, I was punched once by a drunk boyfriend of a friend because he took my pack of cigarettes and I wanted it back (I was ~18 and quit smoking at 19), and once I had an alcoholic boyfriend who got very violent when drunk. I had to move out of my apartment and hide my new whereabouts which fortunately my landlord cooperated in assisting me. The boyfriend had kicked my door in the night before and that did not make the landlord happy. So I switched apartments and my alcoholic ex didn't find me for over a month at which time he no longer felt he had a right to kick my door in.
 
Puppycow said:
The thing that stands out most to me is
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The thing that stands out most to me is the set of countries to which this survey is limited.

Apparently the survey proves that women being hit dos not directly correlate with them accepting being hit. Domestic violence is common in places like Ukraine, yet they seem not to accept it much.

Therefore, God. (is the explanation why the women in this survey accept being hit)
 
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