Statistic of the Day: 1 in 5 American men admit to domestic violence

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People are justifiably outraged by Ray Rice’s treatment of his then-fiancee Janay Palmer. But what’s even scarier is that one out of five men admit that they’ve committed domestic violence against a partner or spouse. A new nationally-representative study by the University of Michigan asked 500 men the following question:



Nineteen percent, or one out of five men, admitted to doing so at least once. And, of course, these were just the men who were willing to report it to the researchers, which means that the phenomenon is likely ever more common. The lead author of the study, Vijay Singh, explains, “If men could enter responses in a private way, (the percentage) could have been even higher.” The rate would also go up if it included other kinds of abuse: “It did not ask about emotional abuse. It did not ask about sexual abuse,” Singh said.

But even one out of five is unacceptably high. To put it in perspective, domestic violence is more common than diabetes.

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Once during an argument with my husband, long ago ex, he became enraged and kicked a wooden stool, it flew over the table and hit me on the side of the head. I went down. Oh yes, the apologies followed.

Later my vision was blurred and I called my sister, she was a nurse. I told her I had fallen on the stairs and was concerned, she told me that he had to wake me every few hours to see if I had a concussion. Lucky for me I did not, yet I lied, I covered it up, I was embarrassed, I was ashamed.

I left him not long after that night.