Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unc.unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Marriage in "Th' Good Ol' Days" Message-ID: <409@unc.unc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 01:11:28 EST Article-I.D.: unc.409 Posted: Sun Oct 27 01:11:28 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Oct-85 03:30:46 EST References: <257@cuuxb.UUCP> <3690@dartvax.UUCP> <923@utcs.uucp> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Distribution: net Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 13 Summary: In article <923@utcs.uucp> flaps@utcs.UUCP (Alan J Rosenthal) writes: >>What about husband beaters, Tom. Don't forget that Spouse Abuse goes >>both ways. > >GIVE ME A BREAK! How many couples do you know where the woman is significantly >stronger than the man? A few perhaps. In most of the rest, the man is >significantly stronger, and there is NO possibility of husband-beating. Among very aged couples, the wife is usually far stronger. And yes, husband-beating is occationally a problem. Victims are usually too ashamed to complain, however. Frank Silbermann