Comments on: Women’s Attitudes toward Domestic Violence by Country

By: Truant

Truant — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:46:44 +0000

You CANNOT be serious. Your attitude is skewered. Are you claiming. . .
1. There are no real victims of domestic violence, only cheaters who got what they deserved?
2. That beating your wife is justified if she cheats?
3. That beating your wife is justified if she lies?
You sound like you got burned and have since attributed your ex’s faults to all women. Maybe you hit her because it was ‘justified’.

How about this:
All of these questions are ‘worthless’ in the respect of how they’re framed, ie, an acceptable reason to be hit. What they don’t cover are the realities of domestic violence. . .

Is a husband justified in hitting his wife:
1. Because he’s had a bad day
2. Because he wants to
3. Because he gets a kick out of it
4. Because it makes him feel strong to make you weak
5. Because he can’t control himself.
6. Because he’d drunk or drugged.

Now that’s REAL picture of DV, and it’s got nothing to do with whether the women’s a saint or a sinner.

By: MJ1958_2009

MJ1958_2009 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:38:57 +0000

“Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations:

- If she goes out with out telling him?
- If she neglects the children?
- If she argues with him?
- If she refuses sex with him?
- If she burns the food?”

These may not be the main reasons for woman beating. A lot of researchers fail to realize men beat their partners is because their partners are cheating on them, lying, etc.-this is the root cause of domestic violence. It happens a lot when women do these things.

By: Women’s Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence by Country « Free Market Mojo

Women’s Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence by Country « Free Market Mojo — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:17:13 +0000

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By: karinova

karinova — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:01:14 +0000

Oh noez, not you!
I’ve seen you before…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:07 +0000

Why should we be any less appalled that in the vast majority of cultures, it’s considered acceptable under a wide range of circumstances for a man to hit another man?

Since there are at least a couple of sociologists here, I’d like to ask your thoughts on this – have you seen any convincing studies about the relationship between a culture’s attitude to ALL violence and its frequency of violence against women?

Also, I agree – that graphic is one of the worst presentations of data I’ve seen outside of TV news. Considering how arbitrary the selection of countries is, I don’t think any comparative graph would have said anything useful.

By: qrhe

qrhe — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:10:16 +0000

That was my first thought. It is very much acceptable for a man to hit a woman and understandable that he would hit his wife or girlfriend if she, for example, was shooting at him.

I always hated social study survey questions that tried make me feel like I had too much imagination.

By: James

James — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:48:24 +0000

The wording of the survey question is admirably clear, much better than your suggested “is it ever acceptable for a man to hit a woman?” which you seem not to realize could include self-defense.

By: Annoyed

Annoyed — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:40:26 +0000

I completely agree. I would love to see the US

By: gwen

gwen — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:27:46 +0000

Excellent point.

By: Graves

Graves — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:02:59 +0000

I wonder what the results would be in the reverse scenario;

“Sometimes a wife is annoyed or angered by things that her husband does. In your opinion, is a wife justified in hitting or beating her husband in the following situations:

- If he goes out with out telling her?
- If he neglects the children?
- If he argues with her?
- If he refuses sex with her?
- If he burns the food?”

I suspect you’d see much greater ‘support’ from the west. I have a feeling it’s more the phrasing of the question than anything though.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:51:32 +0000

I think it is rather patronizing to not include industrialized nations, as if we’re above such ideas.

By: P

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:25:10 +0000

Oops, the MICS link is at: http://www.childinfo.org/mics3_questionnaire.html .

By: P

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:24:23 +0000

Sources for the skeptics: MICS. The question is under "Optional Modules." DHS. The question is under "Women's Questionnaire."

By: Jonah

Jonah — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:20:15 +0000

It’s also not at all clear how the numbers are manifested in the graph. Compare Rwanda, Somalia, Jordan, and Ethiopia, for instance.

By: lilpocketninja

lilpocketninja — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:11:43 +0000

That graphic is terribly sensationalistic. :/ the numbers are disturbing enough without making it look like broken glass, especially when a different graph would have served the purpose better.