@katiecouric: Teen Dating Violence
January 12, 2010 11:42 AM
Nearly 30 percent of teenagers say that they have experienced teen dating violence, according to a survey by the Liz Claiborne and Family Violence Prevention Fund.
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http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/42/15/31-a
Here's a link to a bibliography of over 200 more studies indicating that females are at least as likely as males to physically attack their partners.
http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm
According to the transcript of Senate Hearing 101-939 from December 11, 1990, Joe Biden, the champion of the Violence Against Women Act and then Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement:
In my house, being raised with a sister and three brothers, there was absolute-it was a nuclear sanction, if under any circumstances, for any reason, no matter how justified, even self-defense-if you ever touched our sister, literally, not figuratively, literally. My sister, who is my best friend, my campaign manager, my confidante, grew up with absolute impunity in our household.
Ms. BUEL. She was a blessed woman.
The CHAIRMAN. And I have the bruises to prove it. [Laughter.]
I mean that sincerely. I am not exaggerating when I say that.
An image of the transcript, taken from p.171-172, is available at the following link:
http://www.fathersandhusbands.org/BidenSenHearing101-939p171-172.png
A pdf of the full transcript of the hearing is available here:
http://www.fathersandhusbands.org/BidenHearing.pdf (about 69MB)
It?s very revealing.
The library of congress can direct you to a library that has this transcript on file if necessary.
The switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
Blogs on the Tiger Woods situation are overflowing with comments from women condoning the idea of Woods being beaten in the face with a golf club for his transgressions. Is it any wonder our society views this issue in this way? The first step in solving this problem is eliminating gender specific laws and public policies driven by the agenda of gender based agencies (such as the US Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against WOMEN) and gender based ideologies. A crime is a crime. It's time that girls stop growing up with absolute impunity in our society.
Teen violence is definitely a wake-up call to our youth, parents, teachers, school administrators and communities. This is no longer a taboo subject and it is imperative for us to work collectively to educate and teach our young people "what is a healthy relationship" and what are the warning signs and red flags of abuse as it comes in many different forms.
Anyone can be a victim....anyone can be an assailant; it does not affect one race, one gender (although stats reveal females are more victimized), one economic group, one age group, etc., abuse/assault can rear it's ugly head at any given time.
There is no excuse for abuse - zero tolerance.
Please continue to be a voice. Thank you for advocacy.
Let's keep talking everyone!
Let's keep talking everyone!
The teen violence is really strange. It seems that "sex object" has been replaced with "punching bag"
There may be no elegant solution but hopefully we can find a realistic solution.
This rates 3 bars. It raises awareness but has only a small portion of the facts. Of course we would have to admit that the stress induced in school may be a significant factor.