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Infanticide
Note: Parents includes stepparents.
Of all children under age 5 murdered from 1976-2005 --
- 31% were killed by fathers
- 29% were killed by mothers
- 23% were killed by male acquaintances
- 7% were killed by other relatives
- 3% were killed by strangers
- The prevalence of domestic violence among Gay and
Lesbian couples is approximately 25 - 33%. It is as
common as it is in heterosexual relationships.
(Barnes, It's Just a Quarrel',
American Bar Association Journal, February 1998, p. 25.)
- Each year, between 50,000 and 100,000 Lesbian women
and as many as 500,000 Gay men are battered.
(Murphy, Queer Justice: Equal
Protection for Victims of Same-Sex Domestic Violence, 30
Val. U. L. Rev. 335 (1995).)
- While same-sex battering mirrors heterosexual
battering both in type and prevalence, its victims
receive fewer protections. (Barnes,
It's Just a Quarrel',
Wikipedia
The rate of intimate partner violence in the U.S. has
declined since 1993.[17]
Almost always, surveys will undercount actual numbers.[citation
needed] Results will also vary, depending
on specific wording of survey questions, how the survey is
conducted, the definition of abuse or domestic violence used,
the willingness or unwillingness of victims to admit that they
have been abused and other factors.
Another controversy is the level of physical aggression in
relationships of men versus women. For example,
Martin S. Fiebert examined 219 studies on intimate partner
violence and concluded that "women are as physically aggressive,
or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their
spouses or male partners."[15]
Domestic violence against women in lesbian relationships is
about as common as domestic violence against women in
heterosexual relationships.[18]
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