Why are females victimized in a higher proportion then males if there is gender equality?
Government of Canada Statistics (Juristat, 2008)
Spousal violence in Canada’s provinces and territories
• In 2006, over 38,000 incidents of spousal violence were reported to police across Canada. This represents approximately
15% of all police-reported violent incidents.
• There has been a steady decline in police-reported spousal violence over the most recent 9-year period (1998 to
2006).
• As a proportion of all violent incidents, spousal violence reported to police was more prevalent in Nunavut and Quebec
(20% each), and lowest in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (8% each).
• Females continue to be the most likely victims of police-reported spousal violence, accounting for 83% of victims
compared to 17% males. This holds true for every province and territory across Canada.
• Incidents of spousal violence were more common between current partners than former partners (69% vs. 31%).
• Common assault (61%) was the most frequently reported violent offence committed by a current or ex-spouse, followed
by major assault (14%), uttering threats (11%) and criminal harassment (8%). Assaults accounted for a large proportion
of spousal violence in the western provinces and territories, while criminal harassment and uttering threats were most
prevalent in Quebec.
• Male victims of spousal abuse were nearly twice as likely as female victims to report incidents of major assault (23% of
male victims vs. 13% of female victims). One possible explanation may be that while male spousal abusers are more
likely to use physical force, female abusers tend to rely on weapons.
• Charges were laid by police in three-quarters (77%) of all police-reported incidents of spousal violence in 2006. Incidents
involving female victims were more likely to result in a charge being laid than those involving male victims. The percentage
of spousal violence incidents that have resulted in police charging has remained fairly stable over the 9-year period
from 1998 to 2006. Police charging for spousal abuse was highest in Manitoba (92%) and Ontario (90%), and lowest
in Newfoundland and Labrador (56%) and New Brunswick (57%).
• Injuries were more likely to be sustained by current spouses than former spouses (59% vs. 27%), as well as by victims
living in the territories and western provinces. Injuries resulting from the use of a weapon (7%), though not common,
were more likely among male victims than females (15% vs. 5%), and more likely among victims of spousal abuse living
in Manitoba (13%) and Saskatchewan (10%).
Women reported their violent victimization to police in 26% of
incidents, compared to 38% of incidents involving men. The
lower rate of reporting for women may be driven, in part, by the
fact that women were more often than men the victim of sexual
assault, which is the offence most likely to go unreported.
1)
Because some women refuse to report the crime, preferring to hide their scars and bruises,
and,
2)
Because a high proportion of men ("real men"?) would rather remain ignorant of the facts, preferring instead to blame feminism for everything that has ever gone wrong in their lives.
2)
Too many people turn a blind eye to what is going on in their neighborhood, environment or family.
4)
Too few of society ever actually come into contact with the realities of life within our ‘civilized community’.
January 25th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Too Long; Didn’t Read.
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January 25th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Another CREATIVE "Statistic" from Canada’s Status of Women Ministry. (Code name for Feminist Inc.)
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January 25th, 2010 at 10:58 am
re your additional details…
I’m wondering what your source is. Murray Strauss has reported that female victims are twenty times as likely to report as are male victims. Even with child sexual abuse the gender ratio for reporting by victims is about ten to one.
I live in a country where the advocacy surrounding intimate partner violence demands that male victims – and advocates on their behalf – should not only be disbelieved they should be considered perpetrators instead. This position is even being taught to future welfare workers in our post secondary education sector. The upshot of this is that all male victims and all victims of female abusers are thoroughly marginalised.
The reality is – and we’ve seen this play out in the media numerous times – that the only time male victims are really spoken to it is to mock them.
And you really do not want to know about the derision and hatred I’ve been subjected to for speaking out as a male victim of a female sexual abuser.
Edit to add…
I suspect that the statistics you reference may be based on incorrect presumptions about the frequency with which males are actually abused.
Edit to add further…
Who is the smart bunny who orchestrated the pile-on in the past six or so hours?
It is largely male victims of abuse who do not report. This is well established. The use of reports to authorities to define the extent of abuse is quite useless.
The folk who have invaded over the past few hours are contributors to, and supporters of, a significant marginalisation of genuine victims of abuse. This marginalisation is based on the gender of the victims themselves and, even more pitifully, the gender of the person committing the abuse.
Each and every one of you should be heartily ashamed of yourselves. Victims of abuse end up dead or destroyed because of these prejudices.
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I am the Client and Community Delegate on the board of a large network of government funded sexual assault counselling centres which serves both genders.
January 25th, 2010 at 11:33 am
That is easy to answer. Man hating lesbians have successfully expanded the definition of rape, abuse, assault, and of course victim / victimization. I woman can have a man charged with assault, or rape based solely on how she "feels". A lot of these female "victims" did not even consider themselves victims until some "advocate" told them they were a victim. A man calling the police to report being assaulted by a woman is likely to end up as one of your statistics up there. Female on male violence is an epidemic that goes mostly unreported (man – haters use that "unreported" excuse to justify rape hysteria).
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January 25th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
The statistics are all false. You should know by now that girls/women lie just about everything like rape, domestic violence and any type of violence against women are all false and lies. The violence against women are much smaller than they were made out to be.
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January 25th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Great observation and it is obvious from the source that these are not made up facts. Many people are afraid to admit that their loved ones may be in danger or that men who they hold in high esteem may assault women and children. By actually getting these facts out in the open the government has nothing they can do but to address these social concerns. Thank God there are actually men out their with a social conscious that raise these issues so that some social action can be taken.
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January 25th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Short answer because women are not even close to achieving equality anywhere in the world
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January 25th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
1)
Because some women refuse to report the crime, preferring to hide their scars and bruises,
and,
2)
Because a high proportion of men ("real men"?) would rather remain ignorant of the facts, preferring instead to blame feminism for everything that has ever gone wrong in their lives.
2)
Too many people turn a blind eye to what is going on in their neighborhood, environment or family.
4)
Too few of society ever actually come into contact with the realities of life within our ‘civilized community’.
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Community Nurse. We are often the first ones to know about the fear with which our patients live. I go to the homes of people who have been the victims of domestic violence. I have been there when a "man" assaulted his wife for calling a Dr. to attend her broken arm. I have seen the things that ‘civilized’ humans do to each other, and I have felt the anger rise within me to the point where I wanted to drag some scumbag out side and beat the living crap out of him in front of all his ‘heroic’ male friends who stood about and did nothing whilst a woman and small children were being terrorised, assaulted, tortured and violated.
January 25th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
believing the Canadian government on anything that has to do with d.v. is a foolish mistake on anybodies part
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