The information graphically represented is from 1999 and shows the percentage of these violent crimes that are committed by men. (these rates stay fairly steady, so the percentages from year to year don't change much)
Violence against living beings by men isn't confined to humans:
"A study published in Violence Against Women found that of 111 battered women with companion animals in shelters in South Carolina, almost half reported that their current or former male partners had threatened or abused their animals. A study of women living in Wisconsin shelters because of domestic abuse found that 80 percent of their batterers had been violent to their animals."
We have a violence problem here in the U.S. and...it's a problem almost wholly committed by men.
Next time you hear anyone bemoaning violence in society...notice whether they specify who is engaging in all this violence (men) or not.
It is highly likely they will leave out specification of the gender group that perpetrates almost all violent crimes. Ever wonder why? (hint: it has to do with dominance)
No comments:
Post a Comment