She's been lamenting the inability to get data. Appartently two fairly large surveys have been unable to find enough men willing to 'admit' to being beat in order to meet statistical significance.
I suggested that perhaps the reason they couldn't get men to come forward and admit to being beaten, was that maybe there just weren't that many men in this country that felt as if they were being physically abused by their domestic partner (in fact this particular study was attempting to NOT address men in gay relationships). ??
Asylum illuminate the shadowy-secret unknows of human behavior.
Beaten Man Syndrome Survey
I am female. I have never beaten a male domestic partner: | 11 (22.9%) | |
I am female. I have beaten a male domestic partner: | 1 (2.1%) | |
I am a male. I've been beaten by a domestic partner: | 8 (16.7%) | |
I am a male. I've never been beaten by a domestic partner: | 26 (54.2%) | |
None of the above: | 1 (2.1%) | |
Other - please explain..if ya want.: | 1 (2.1%) | |
Total: | 48 |
*Assume the term 'beat' to mean 'suffered from some sort of physical assault'.
Edited, Apr 9th 2008 6:41pm by Elinda