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Women who think it's OK for their husbands to hit them
serious crayons:
http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/screenshots/of_women_who_believe_its_ok_for_husbands_to_hit_them/
delalluvia:
Not surprising considering how most are raised. What I would like to see is a poll where not only do women think it's OK for their husbands to hit them, but that it's OK for them to hit back. I'm thinking some of the south of the border macho countries. It's basically a cycle of violence perpetuated in the culture.
Penthesilea:
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http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/screenshots/of_women_who_believe_its_ok_for_husbands_to_hit_them/
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Brainwashing does work.
And just think about women in our western culture, finding a thousand excuses for their violent male SOs. He didn't mean it, he promised to never do it again (yeah, right), it was partly my fault, I provoked him, blah, blah, blah ... Brainwashing does work in western countries, too.
:P
mariez:
No, I guess this doesn't really shock me, but there's something about seeing it so graphically displayed (90% in Jordan. I wonder what Queen Noor would say about that) that literally makes me sick to my stomach.
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on August 20, 2009, 02:17:23 pm ---
Brainwashing does work.
And just think about women in our western culture, finding a thousand excuses for their violent male SOs. He didn't mean it, he promised to never do it again (yeah, right), it was partly my fault, I provoked him, blah, blah, blah ... Brainwashing does work in western countries, too.
:P
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So true, Chrissi. Many years ago there was a horrific case in my state. A very typical scenario to begin with - they've both been drinking, get into an argument, etc. In this particular incident, she goes after him when he threatens to go beat someone up, she slips and falls and he runs her over with his truck. Stops. Puts his truck in reverse, and runs her over again. Deliberately. She lost an arm and a leg. Long, ugly story short - he gets out on bond and when the time comes for his trial, she tells the prosecutor that she won't testify against him, it was all her fault, wants them to drop the charges, etc. Luckily there were were two other witnesses to the incident. Oh - and one more thing. She was pregnant with twins and I don't have to tell you who the father was. >:(
Front-Ranger:
That's such a horrible story, marie!! It makes me grateful for the work that Greg Mortensen is doing in Pakistan to build schools for girls. Looks like we need more education in the US too, even though it wasn't represented on the graph. My daughter's new church teaches that men are to be obeyed no matter how asinine their actions and decisions are.
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