How normal is abusive behavior

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember seeing a survey where about 30% of men and 30% of women said they had acted abusively in a relationship - ranging from emotionally abusive / controlling to physically abusive. It was pretty even between men and women although the type of abuse perpetrated was different. It was also similar numbers of men and women who said they had been victims of abuse in a relationship.

With those numbers, I would say it is more common than people admit to.

I was at my local gym and was exercising when this man also wanted exercise in the same area. I apparently didn’t get out of his way soon enough ( ) and so he jabbed his fingers into my back. In two seconds time. Can you imagine how this man behaves behind closed doors if this is how he acts towards strangers in public? His wife must be horribly horribly abused.

I called the cops on him. The gym escorted them right over to him.

Disgusting man.

I think you overreacted by calling the police on this.

Technically putting your hands on someone is battery, and she may have done this guy a favor. If someone doesn't call out this stuff, these folks get worse and worse and can end up in serious trouble.

It's not illegal to tap somebody on the shoulder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How common is abuse? I'm talking things ranging from put downs to punching walls. Do these things happen occasionally in normal relationships?

Yes, totally. What's your problem??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Common and normal do not mean the same thing. Abuse is common but it is not normal.

This. One in three women in the country have suffered some sort of physical domestic violence.

So have about 1 in 3 men. In population surveys, men and women report pretty equally about being victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse.

[Anonymous]

30 years and no never, not once