22 June
22 June · 05:54 UTC
Somewhere else today I suggested the big debate over violence against women is being steered in the wrong directions, towards some idea of it being a gender issue. I think it's really about: 1) domestic violence mostly - overwhelmingly violence against women occurs from their intimate partner. Obviously it is mostly men doing it, but is them being male the causative thing, or something more about our domestic relationships? 2) alcohol. Alcohol is linked to more than 73% of all domestic violence events. Gambling too. Regarding 2), more evidence:
Nick Dee shared a link.