tend to think of it as being absolutely false or very uncommon. Battered

husbands are a topic for jokes because people always assume that it is the

women who are battered. One researcher noted that wives were the

perpetrators in seventy-three percent of the depictions of domestic violence

in newspaper comics. Battered husbands have historically been either ignored

or subjected to ridicule and abuse. Even those of us who like to consider

ourselves liberated and open-minded often have a difficult time even

imagining that husband battering could take place. Although feminism has

opened many of our eyes about the existence of domestic violence, the abuse

of husbands is a rarely discussed phenomenon. One reason that husband

battering is not investigated is that it is a rare occurrence. Another

reason is that because women were seen as weaker and more helpless t

enough--no comparable treatment programs exist. This fact further illustrates

spousal violence solely as a women's issue is not only wrong--it's also

violence are, unfortunately, in short supply due to cutbacks in almost all

In this study, it was found that forty seven percent of husbands had used

confronts its deeply ingrained stereotypes and recognizes all the victims of

evidence about the severity or who initiated the abuse and who is acting in

Some common words found in the essay are:
Violence Society, domestic violence, recognizes victims, violent women, help battered, husband battering, male female, murders women, physical violence, battered husbands,
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)