Oh, no! [#2] -- addendum

[Ted Samsel]

> 
> 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.

But men are much less likely to admit to being beat up by a woman.

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net