COURT FINALLY OVERTURNS MARISSA ALEXANDER’S 20 YEAR SENTENCE.

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369. because the courts are sexist, the police are sexist.

too often the "female aggressor" meme just means that they mistakenly arrest the victim, instead. for example, there's a lot of evidence to show that abusive husbands are misusing the laws in order to win a favorable settlement in divorce settlements.

bullies (and this is what domestic violence is after all -- bullying) pick on weaker people; truly violent and abusive women go after the children and not their partners. looking at the statistics, when women are violent with their male partners, it's overwhelmingly likely to be in self-defense.

here's an eye-opening document from the purple berets: http://www.purpleberets.org/pdf/bat_women_prison.pdf

I think there's a misconception that any woman who doesn't just take the beatdown is not a "true" victim and so is not necessarily protected by domestic violence laws. I think there's still some room for women to rely on their own agency even if they are at a huge physical disadvantage. this does not mean that they still ought not to be protected by the law.