Oh, no! [#2] -- addendum

[Vaska]

Females experience over 10 times as many incidents of violence by an
intimate partner as males. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1994)

>>>
>>>> simply because so many fewer women beat up their
>>>> husbands/lovers/partners than the other way 'round.  
>>>
>>>As hard as this may be to believe, that assertion is false. With a 
>>>slight edge to the ladies, this is generally recognized as being a 
>>>50-50 proposition. The gist of what you say is true only in the 
>>>context of the consequences, something I already made clear.
>>>
>>>>