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To: Andy Thomas who wrote (2435)	10/22/2002 4:05:09 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Andy, how about a little quiz??? Here you go: Which country is the article below referring to? A) Cuba B) Nepal C) Belgium D) Afghanistan E) Vietnam F) Israel G) Estonia Survey: Many women blame themselves for partner's violence J. S. Oct. 21, 2002 A relatively large proportion of women who have been subjected to violence are willing to justify the acts and even to accept part of the blame upon themselves. What is being called the first-ever nationwide survey on violence against women found that nearly 15 percent of women justify a man's violent acts against his female partner if she has been unfaithful, and 23% she has been violent herself. Perhaps more surprising is that 13.5% of the women sampled justified violence against women if they had merely insulted or cursed their male partners, and almost 15% thought they "deserved it" when the wife "wanted her own way." The study, conducted by the University of ###'s M. Center for Youth Policy, was commissioned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to help prepare a national master plan for dealing with violence against women. The center studied a representative sample of 2,841 women and 510 men from around the country. Study director Prof. S. E. of the university's Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies found that 5.8% of those surveyed reported at least once incident of moderate (arm-twisting, hair-pulling, and slapping) to severe violence (punching, lacerations, burns, being thrown at a wall) against them in the past year. This translates into approximately 130,000 women nationwide who experienced such abuse. Nearly 8% reported sexual violence (attempted or actual sex against their will), and almost 13% said their male partners had subjected them to some kind of violence last year. Estimates of violence against women during the previous year were 11.2%. Two percent claimed their man had threatened to murder them during the last year. Nearly 18% of the men admitted that they regularly demanded to know where their female partners were going, and an equal percentage tried to prevent them from speaking to another man. Almost 6% of the men prevented their women from knowing about the family's finances, and 4.5% of them tried to prevent them from having contact with their families or friends. Nearly half of all the women sampled were willing to place the blame for violence against them on both parties, not just on the violent male. In all these findings, men exhibited a higher percentage of justifying violence toward women. In another finding, however, fewer men agreed with the claim that a woman could be treated better by her husband if she accepted his being violent. Fewer men than women also accepted the contention that if a man did not hit a woman on purpose, then he was not responsible for violence. E. said violence against women is more common in non-### families than among ###, and in low-income, poorly educated, and younger families. But it can be found among secular, religious, and ### families in considerable numbers. Predictors for male violence are attempts by the man to control his wife, verbal violence, and conflicts that break out over their relationship, he said. Immigrant women suffered violence as well, especially if their male partners drank. ____________________________