Men are responsible for the majority of violence in this nation. According to the FBIs 2010 statistics on crime, men made up 90 percent of the 11,000 murder offenders whose gender was known.[9] Men also were responsible for 77 percent of aggravated assaults, 84 percent of burglaries, 82 percent of arsons, 74 percent of offenses against the family and children, and 99 percent of rapes.[10] According to Futures without Violence, while three-quarters of those who commit family violence are men, women make up 84 percent of spousal-abuse victims and 86 percent of those abused by a romantic partner.[11] Considering that men make up just 49.2 percent of the U.S. population, these statistics should be alarming.[12] The many, many men who enact the majority of our nations and the worlds violence - are they monsters? And why are so many silent, including progressives, about the role gender socialization plays in violence?
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 02:52:10 +0000
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