I recently shared a post about intimate partner violence, based on data from the infamous, and enormous 2007 Whittaker study on 18,760 (!) relationships, that found: 50% of intimate partner violence was bilateral (with both partners doing it), 35% was female to male violence, and 15% was male to female. This makes “male violence”, which dominates advocacy and our airwaves, the least common form of IPV. These are certainly controversial findings, but I must admit, the data is rather old now. Luckily, one of my many talented followers, who is a family violence researcher, has replicated the study, this time with new data, from various countries, and samples around the world. I wanted to share the data; and how, yes, it’s more-or-less the same again. Most shocking to me, was the biggest disparity in unilateral violence was seen in middle/high school samples, where girls were 2.5 TIMES (!) more likely to be unilaterally violent than boys. This surely shines new light on why BOTH girls and boys should be taught about the dangers of IPV, and BOTH girls and boys should be protected from it. So, will this study, and its additional tens of thousands of surveyed participants, spanning several countries, do anything to change the warped, ideological narrative of IPV, that causes so much harm? What do you think? ~ Source https://tinyurl.com/yh9erb23

2025-11-05