Statistics on Domestic Violence

Below are a series of disturbing statistics from various sources about the plague of domestic violence that continues to make millions of women, children and men suffer all over the world.

One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.

Statistics published in 2004, show that the rate of domestic violence victimisation for Indigenous women in Australia may be 40 times the rate for non-Indigenous women.

A 2006 study showed that women in the United States commit domestic violence against men 33% more often than men do against women, and women commit severe domestic violence twice as often as men.

Some studies show that lesbian relationships have similar levels of violence as heterosexual relationships, while other studies report that lesbian relationships exhibit substantially higher rates of physical aggression.

Fighting the prevalence of domestic violence in Kashmir has brought Hindu and Muslim activists together. Additionally, aspects of Islamic law have been criticized for promoting domestic violence. One study found that half of Palestinian women have been the victims of domestic violence. 80% of women surveyed in rural Egypt said that beatings were common and often justified, particularly if the woman refused to have sex with her husband. The Human Rights Watch found that up to 90% of women in Pakistan were subject to verbal, sexual, emotional or physical abuse, within their own homes. Up to two-thirds of women in certain communities in Nigeria's Lagos State say they are victims to domestic violence.


Most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police.

Of the almost 3.5 million violent crimes committed against family members, 49% of these were crimes against spouses.

84% of spouse abuse victims were females, and 86% of victims of dating partner abuse at were female.

Males were 83% of spouse murderers and 75% of dating partner murderers.

50% of offenders in state prison for spousal abuse had killed their victims. Wives were more likely than husbands to be killed by their spouses: wives were about half of all spouses in the population in 2002, but 81% of all persons killed by their spouse.

DON'T BLAME EMINEM , HE'S JUST RE-OPENING THE DEBATE ON HIS NEW ALBUM, HE IS A VOICE OF HIS TIME, EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT AS DYLAN OR LENNON WAS IN THEIR DAY, AND I'M SURE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS SUCH FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW.



By now, you've probably heard some of the "discussion" regarding Eminem's latest song, "Love The Way You Lie." It includes Rihanna (yes, the same Rihanna who was beat up by Chris Brown). If you haven't heard the song or seen the video, take a moment to do so above.

In my opinion it neither endorses nor glorifies physical abuses. I think it tells a situation that a lot of people encounter. Two people are in a physically-abusive relationship. One tries to leave; the abuser apologies. They stay together. It happens again. One tries to leave again. the abuser apologizes again. They stay together.

The video simply expresses what I expect too many people go through in their lives. They want to believe that it will get better; the reality is that it doesn't. The worst part is that it sometimes results in escalated violence.