On the feminist's claim that men's rights activists fixate on milder violence in order to jack up the percentage of female perpetrators, I found a study by Stets and Straus from 1989 which measured severe vs. mild violence. On both severe and mild violence, there was higher perpetration by women in all relationship types (dating, cohabiting and married).
"The Marriage License as a Hitting License: A Comparison of Assaults in Dating, Cohabiting and Married Couples" (1989)
By Jan Stets and Murray Straus
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/VB20.pdfMinor violence defined:
1. Threw an object
2. Pushed, grabbed or shoved
3. Slapped
Severe violence defined:
4. Kicked, bit, or punched
5. hit or tried to hit with an object
6. beat up
7. threatened with a knife or gun
8. used a knife or gun
RESULTS:
SEVERE VIOLENCE VS. NON-VIOLENT VICTIM
Dating:
Male severe violence perpetration w/ non-violent female victim: 0.1%
Female severe violence perpetration w/ non-violent male victim:
12.5%Cohabiting:
Male severe violence perpetration w/ non-violent female victim: 7.3%
Female severe violence perpetration w/ non-violent male victim:
13.4%Married:
Male severe violence perpetration w/ non-violent female victim: 5.7%
Female severe violence perpetration w/ non-violent male victim:
9.6%SEVERE VIOLENCE VS. MINOR VIOLENCE
Dating:
Male severe violence perpetration w/ female minor violence perpetration: 4.8%
Female severe violence perpetration w/ male minor violence perpetration:
13.5%Cohabiting:
Male severe violence perpetration w/ female minor violence perpetration: 1.2%
Female severe violence perpetration w/ male minor violence perpetration:
6.1%Married:
Male severe violence perpetration w/ female minor violence perpetration: 2.4%
Female severe violence perpetration w/ male minor violence perpetration:
7.1%
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