Husband Battering, A Serious Issue

Husband Battering: A Serious Problem Billboards, radio, and TVads across the country proclaim that “every fifteen seconds a women is beatenby a man.” Violence against women is clearly a problem of national importance,but has anyone ever asked how often men are beaten by women? The unfortunatefact is that men are the victims of domestic violence at least as often aswomen are. While the very idea of men being beaten by their wives runs contraryto …

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