Labugana asked this question on 3/21/2000:

In the last few years I have noticed that men have become abusive towards women. It is not only in one race but in all. What is the explanation of this behavior?

trii gave this response on 3/25/2000:

It's not that men have become abusive, it's that it's being talked about now. Domestic violence has always existed, and has been kept under wraps. It used to be acceptable for a man to rule over his spouse. It wasn't talked about, and typically women kept quiet because they were programed to think they deserved to be abused. Now it is out of the closet and in the public eye. There are resourses for abused women and society is changing it's veiws and helping battered women. All that's changed is that women are not putting up with it like they used to.

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