laurell3
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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania This could be very true, I know of women that either beat the crap out of men, or attempted to, and nothing of any import ever happened to them.. they were not prosecuted, were not labeled as abusers, and no one took them seriously. Most abusive and violent people select mates that will allow it, whether male or female. I remember my brother's ex wife attempted to beat the crap out of him, tore his shirt off his back.... all he did was hold her wrists until she gave up. The cops were called by the neighbors, and they almost arrested my brother for "bruising" her wrists... until the neighbors told them that they called because SHE was abusing HIM They did not arrest her. I have been starting to see more arrests for female on male violence, sadly, however, the majority of the men don't want to go forward on the charges as they are embarassed and it's still an area that juries tend to have a hard time with. It would be much more difficult for most women (not all) to be successfully violent against men who for the most part can overpower them. It's not, unfortunately as uncommon to see females arrested for violence to um's and other women. There are experts that will tell you that allowing yourself to be the victim of unwanted violence is the same symptom as being the perpetrator of it and can be for similar reasons ie: self-loathing, fear, etc. While I do agree that it can be a sign of learned behavior for both, I've never really been all that sold on the idea personally, but there is a whole school or thought and treatment approach based on dv victims and perpetrators being the same.
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