• LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Have you heard of battered woman syndrome? Do you understand the court case that lead to it?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Hughes

    The reason is that most men are physically stronger than most women and also we live in a heteropatriarchy that caters to men first. There was clearly mutual abuse by both partners, and both Amber and Johnny are raging narcissists- but Johnny has a bad past too, including a questionable relationship with Winona Ryder when she was young and extreme drug use that made him erratic. It’s impossible to know who was abusing who or what was actually happening.

    But I will say the leading expert on domestic violence, Lundy Bancroft, asserts that women are almost never the abuse initiator in relationships. Most serial killers, most violent offenders, are men. So yeah, women will typically blame the man because it’s usually men.

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      18 hours ago

      Most serial killers, most violent offenders, are men.

      In the US, violent offenders are also disproportionately performed by black folk (including being an actual majority for homicide and robbery). I suspect you don’t think we should make assumptions about black folks being violent though? I doubt you think when someone is killed we should simply assume the killer is black because the killer is usually black?

      And note, I’m not arguing that we should - I’m using it as an illustrative point of why this line of thinking is bullshit.

      • LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world
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        16 hours ago

        The trend for violence is not only worldwide, it’s also over thousands of years. Especially if we include war.

        The reason black men are disproportionately charged in the US with crimes is due to white supremacy, including within the police force, which has been information in the public knowledge since BLM protests so stop playing stupid.