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In reply to the discussion: What is 'misandry'? [View all]Scott6113
(56 posts)Just bringing out details.
Where is your hostility coming from?
First you say it never happened, they you wonder if I was there. Which is it?
Of course people with mental problems act out in dysfunctional ways.
Mental illness crosses every kind of group, every kind of person.
I never said that domestic violence victims are fakers. Perhaps this point is too subtle for you.
Let me try again.
Conventional wisdom has it that wives are more often physically harmed than husbands. Certainly the reported statistics support that. I suspect that it is actually true. Upper body strength is a gender difference. I know that women can train and be much stronger than the average man. I'm just talking averages here. Women in my experience are more articulate, and men act out more often, though that too is a generalization.
And what do the social service and police functions proceed on? They perceive a situation according to their experience.
That leaves room for someone to work the police's prejudices to their favor, if they are diabolical.
It does stretch the mind to imagine a scenario that does not fit stereotypes. If you don't want your mind stretched, I understand. Few do.
I remember a radio interview about domestic violence with a state director of social services. She said it goes in every direction: grown daughter against mother, elder abuse, she has seen it all. If you think wife beating is the only thing going on, I would like to disillusion you.