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The common perception of domestic violence (also known as intimate partner violence) is as something men perpetrate against women.  Data suggests this is an inaccurate picture.

Teaching that men should not hit women but that no such prohibition exists for women hitting men violates the social principal of reciprocity and threatens the social fabric.  The solution to this is to teach that all violence is unacceptable.

== External Links ==

* [http://newscastmedia.com/domestic-violence.htm Harvard study says 70 percent of domestic violence is committed by women against men]
* [http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm Meta analysis in to female violence on male partners by Martin Fielbert]
* [http://domesticviolenceresearch.org/ Partner abuse state of knowledge project]
* [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224-x/85-224-x2010000-eng.pdf Family Violence in Canada - A Statistical Profile]
** See tables  1.2 and 1.3 on pages 16 and 17
* [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10610-007-9060-5#page-1 Processes Explaining the Concealment and Distortion of Evidence on Gender Symmetry in Partner Violence]
* [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/pa partner Abuse journal]
** [http://www.responsiblerecovery.org/PDF/PartnerAbuse.pdf Article: The Gender Paradigm and the Architecture of Antiscience]
* [http://www.dailyindependent.com/opinion/dating-violence-protections-empowering-for-young-men-women/article_0a64cb12-d9b2-11e4-b435-f73ebd97b51e.html More men than women victims of DV, according to CDC]
* [http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/domestic-violence-against-men/art-20045149 The Mayo Clinic]

== Australia ==

* [http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/mr/21/mr21.pdf AIC Homicide Report 2008-2010]
* [http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4906.0Chapter7002012 EXPERIENCE OF PARTNER VIOLENCE SINCE THE AGE OF 15, 2012]
* [http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Documents/bb61.pdf Shows declining rates]

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