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Article: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOES NOT HURT MEN AS MUCH AS WOMEN WOMEN TRULY ARE VICTIMS.(PERSPECTIVE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 24, 1994
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Byline: SARA ENGRAM
Every big issue produces a backlash. If the O.J. Simpson murder charges have churned up interest in domestic violence against women, the attention has also brought new publicity to arguments that women victimize men as often as men victimize women.
``Women are part and parcel of domestic violence. Why does our culture refuse to hold women as well as men accountable for their participation in domestic violence?'' asked Judith Sherven and James Sniechowski in a widely distributed opinion page piece (which appeared in the Times Union.) They cited a number of studies showing that women and men were physically abusing and killing one ...