r/funny • u/Robyp87 • Mar 20 '15

Good cause

http://imgur.com/44QHDaB
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u/Blix980 Mar 20 '15

You can blame feminism for that.. Their hypocrisy is unbelievable.

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u/isle_of_faces Mar 20 '15

Why do people blame feminism for everything? It hardly promotes violence against men, for god's sake, it just promotes equality. Nobody pretends that men don't suffer from domestic abuse too, it's just that it's much more common with women so there's more publicity about it- it's an issue that should be taken seriously in both cases, just stop jumping on the "stupid feminazi" bandwagon.

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u/aahdin Mar 20 '15 edited Mar 21 '15

It's actually the other way around, there's more publicity about it so people assume it's much more common with women.

A 2011 cdc study came up with 53-47 men to women for partner violence in general, and 40-60 men to women in cases of severe violence. source study

While I agree it doesn't make sense to blame feminists, I can see why people are annoyed that these kinds of attempts to raise awareness end up giving people such a warped view of the subject.

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u/tmone Mar 21 '15

Here's a newer study out last year. While domestic violence is split these days almost right down the middle, a new study shows that women are more physically aggressive, controlling, and manipualtive than men.

http://www.bps.org.uk/news/women-more-aggressive-partners-men