It could be for many reasons, some of which may include the following.
Some women (like men) can be abusive to ANYONE - including other women.
It depends on the type of abuse. Verbal abuse tends to be women a bit more than men and physical is definiately men more than women. It depends on the type of abuse. Verbal abuse tends to be women a bit more than men and physical is definiately men more than women.
Well, one(humorous, sort of.): women have periods and they get mad, so we have a way to get back at them. Second (real) Testosterone makes men get angry easily but also, it is a stereotype that all men are cruel. Most men are nice, but those other asses give us a bad name.
The act increased federal resources for the prosecution of men who abuse women.
It would depend on the type of abuse. Verbal abuse may in fact be women, but physical and sexual would most certainly be men.
Uh YES.
There are no true statistics of women who abuse men because decent men who know they shouldn't hita woman or be verbally abusive back to their spouse do not report abuse as often as women for fear that they will be labeled as being weak. Men don't talk to other male friends about being abused as most men think they should be able to handle a woman. Easier said than done!
* Men were always brought up to be a good provider for their families; to protect them and never hit a woman. Since it has been discovered in the last five or more years that indeed men can be abused by their wives or girlfriends (physical, verbal or both) there are programs such as DV out there for them now as you know. The focus of abuse has mainly been heard re abused women and not men. Men often fear discussing their abuse with a good friend, family or even a counselor because they feel they will not be believed and who can blame them since most men are much stronger than women. Good men don't hit women. Just like women some men that are abused need to learn the tools of what physical and verbal abuse is and know they do not have to be subjected to this and can either have their partner seek professional help or move on from the relationship. Women are much more talkative than men and find it easier to discuss their abuse and, of course, sometimes there are always some women that want to out do the other with the gruesome details (not down-playing the violence) of their life and sometimes for women talking about it and realizing other women have had the same life of abuse gives them a sense of peace and the strength to go on and thankfully, men are beginning to realize they have the same right to expect this.
both men and women have the same percentage for alcohol abuse, but men have a high percentage of using illicit drugs
Most definitely not. Abuse is abuse, in all forms.
It would depend on the type of abuse. Verbal abuse may in fact be women, but physical and sexual would most certainly be men.
The Oprah Winfrey Show - 1986 Why Men Abuse Women was released on: USA: 19 March 2009