Homosexuals
and Domestic Violence:
Domestic violence is not
just a heterosexual problem. Many women in the
broader battered women’s movement are affected by the public acknowledgment
of lesbian violence (Cook, 31). This acknowledgment forces a deepening analysis of sexism, and male-female roles as contributors to violence in
relationships. A significant study in this area was published in the Journal
of Sex Research (Cook, 31). The research found that 12% of gay males
reported being victims of forced sex by current or most recent partners and
31% of lesbians reported forced sex (Cook, 33).
In analyzing this, it is
possible that men are more inclined than women to underreport acts of sexual
violence, but the higher than two to one ratio of lesbians reporting violent
sexual acts counters the common and repeated assertions of domestic violence
being the product of male patriarchy. Obviously the evidence is clear,
when we
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paint with too broad a brush and assume that
every male- female relationship can be blamed on societal structures, we
obscure individual circumstances. The most important causal factors for
abuse are more complex than patriarchy and are primarily related to
circumstances in the family of origin and individuals, despite gender and
same sex relationships choosing to be violent (Cook, 35).
You can see this in
Prodigy's Video "Smack My Bitch Up." This video has an interesting
twist when it gets to the end.
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