In his latest Fox News debate, VAWA Reform Coalition member, Marc Rudov stated that HHS and CDC statistics show women and men commit domestic violence equally. The website “MediaMatters for America” has responded by calling Marc a liar. (See http://mediamatters.org/items
In actual fact, the latest CDC research, indicates that women are as violent, if not more violent than men. In March 2007, the peer-reviewed scientific journal, “American Journal of Public Health” published a report by Centers for Disease Control researchers Whitaker, Haileyesus, Swahn, and Saltzman entitled “Differences in Frequency of Violence and Reported Injury Between Relationships With Reciprocal and Nonreciprocal Intimate Partner Violence”. (See http://www.ajph.org/cgi
This research analyzed data on 11,370 young heterosexual adults aged 18 to 28. About half of the violent couples reported that both partners were violent to one another (reciprocal violence). Of the violent couples in which only one partner was violent (non-reciprocal violence), the woman was the perpetrator in 70% of the cases.
Yet the comments at the MediaMatters website are uniformly self-righteous and hateful toward men. The readers of this website need to be informed of the facts. You can add your own comment by going to http://mediamatters.org/items
The MediaMatters webpage has a “Take Action” section on the right where they encourage their readers to complain to Fox News about Rudov’s supposedly inaccurate information. So after you’ve posted your comment on the MediaMatters webpage, it would be a good idea to also send your comment to Fox news at Comments@foxnews.com.
