Probably part of it, but I'd argue it's more important to note that in roughly 70% of all Domestic Violence, women are the initiators of DV. Including that in the equation, it quickly becomes apparent that the issue is in fact women often starting fights without realising that they have no real way to end said fights and then crying victim, which is what happens in most cases since most DV is reciprocal in nature, not one directional. Take women OUT of the situation entirely, like between gay men, and suddenly the DV drops through the floor.
The idea that men are aggressive towards their loved ones is disgustingly overblown and not at all based in reality, but the media has portrayed it like this for decades to the point that it's just accepted on a subconscious level that that's the way it actually is, and it simply isn't. I partially also blame the adoption of the Duluth Model for this in regards to arresting guidelines, which was adopted after mandatory arrests for DV calls (something advocated by Feminists at the time) resulted in a massive increase in women being arrested, so they needed a new model that would arrest men instead.
Nah, I doubt it. Probably has some level of that, but it'd probably be a mixed bag. Just because the cliche that most people think of regarding DV is overblown doesn't mean it doesn't happen at all.
Probably part of it, but I'd argue it's more important to note that in roughly 70% of all Domestic Violence, women are the initiators of DV. Including that in the equation, it quickly becomes apparent that the issue is in fact women often starting fights without realising that they have no real way to end said fights and then crying victim, which is what happens in most cases since most DV is reciprocal in nature, not one directional. Take women OUT of the situation entirely, like between gay men, and suddenly the DV drops through the floor.
The idea that men are aggressive towards their loved ones is disgustingly overblown and not at all based in reality, but the media has portrayed it like this for decades to the point that it's just accepted on a subconscious level that that's the way it actually is, and it simply isn't. I partially also blame the adoption of the Duluth Model for this in regards to arresting guidelines, which was adopted after mandatory arrests for DV calls (something advocated by Feminists at the time) resulted in a massive increase in women being arrested, so they needed a new model that would arrest men instead.
Yeah, and I suspect that the 30% where they don't initiate the violence, the man's been nagged at for an hour straight and loses his temper.
Nah, I doubt it. Probably has some level of that, but it'd probably be a mixed bag. Just because the cliche that most people think of regarding DV is overblown doesn't mean it doesn't happen at all.