Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site scirtp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!scirtp!todd From: todd@scirtp.UUCP (Todd Jones) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Marriage in "Th' Good Ol' Days" Message-ID: <511@scirtp.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 13:31:38 EDT Article-I.D.: scirtp.511 Posted: Thu Oct 24 13:31:38 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 04:27:22 EDT References: <257@cuuxb.UUCP> <3690@dartvax.UUCP> <923@utcs.uucp> Distribution: net Organization: SCI Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 26 > In article <3690@dartvax.UUCP> waltervj@dartvax.UUCP (walter jeffries) writes: > >What about husband beaters, Tom. People, 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. > > Your kind of argument is very silly. The MAIN social problem is wife-beating. Two points: 1. Abuse can take non-physical forms- emotional abuse, neglect, etc... 2. Superior strength is non necessarily a deterent to abuse. Many abused spouses (male and female) have the physical capability to thwart an abusive partner but don't. I think husband abuse may be more prevalent than we imagine. ||||||| || || Ouch! [ O-@ ]/ Todd Jones \ ^ / {decvax,akgua}!mcnc!rti-sel!scirtp!todd | ~ | |___| SCI Systems Inc. doesn't necessarily agree with Todd.