A Step Towards Equality?

A women who abused her husband has been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11798583/Prison-reform-boss-grins-jailed-20-year-campaign-abuse-against-husband.html Considering the level of abuse, she was let off quite lighty but at least it's a step in the right direction.

It's notable that the sentencing judge was a women. Some commentators suggest that was why she got such a light sentence but, from what I've seen in other cases, a male judge would probably have been even more lenient.

It's about time the police and courts starting treating female on male domestic abuse seriously. All too often male victims are fobbed off with "It's not a police matter, Sir."

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Ynotisay · M

I have a lawyer friend who works in the field and he's told me that female on male DV could make up about 40 percent of the cases. If not more. And that's because men don't report. Often out of embarrassment.
If you go to any most DV help site you'll see that it's entirely geared towards men on female cases. It's not that women shouldn't be supported in every way possible if they're in an abusive relationship. They should be. But it's so one-sided that it doesn't make much sense to me. It's a societal thing. No doubt.
Boys are taught, rightfully so, that you don't hit girls. But a whole lot of girls grow up to be women who tee off on their partners because they don't think they'll be hit back.
It's a really interesting dynamic.