Thanks for calling it spousal abuse rather than wife abuse. By the way, women are the worst offenders, both in the quantity of times abuse takes place, and amount of brutality.
This is SO not true. Yes, the abusers are both men and women and are not exclusive to heterosexuals. Yes, this problem crosses all socioeconomical stratas. But, I work with the Domestic Violence unit at the State of Washington Department of Health. I have seen the statistics not only from this state but from the US, and other countries. Although I would suspect that the male ego will not allow all men to report being abused, I still believe the statistics overwhelmingly show that men abuse more often than women. The degree of abuse is also more specific statistically to men than women.
This line of thought has come from those that think men are getting more than their share of the blame and that they are being unfairly picked on. I actually don't think it matters which gender is the victim or which gender is the abuser. It is dangerous and the abuser needs therapy and anger management. Those that don't get this help can very easily go on to commit murder.
Lets not get stuck in semantics. The point is, the dubs allow this to go on all the time, and with their women as property (or for that matter children), they actually encourage it. The "breaking of the will" as it were. Can't have women and children get ideas above their station in life, it just wouldn't be right.
Gretchen
