Violence against women: 'I punched my wife in the face. Now I'm trying to change'

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Violence against women is widespread across Europe – so much so that one in three women in the EU have suffered a physical or sexual assault since the age of 15. One in 20 women has also been raped, according to research by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, and one in 10 women has experienced some form of sexual violence.

The statistics are frightening. They show just over one in five women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from either a current or previous partner – but only 67 per cent of victims report those crimes. The FRA even called it a “picture of extensive abuse that affects many women's lives, but is systematically under-reported to the authorities.”

Domestic violence is a growing problem in the UK, as one in four women will experience it at some point in their lives. But, just who are these people committing violence against women? Who are these 'partners' who raise their fists again vulnerable women?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/10677581/Violence-against-women-I-punched-my-wife-in-the-face.-Now-Im-trying-to-change.html

[A Little Weird]

1. Sounds like a good program

Those statistics are sad.

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2. k&r nt

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3. K&R nt

[geek tragedy]

4. interesting, but this looks at only one kind of domestic abuser--the

"person who snapped" kind.

There's another kind, the power/control type, and those can't get cured with a little self-help program.

They're also the ones who would never attend that kind of training in the first place.