5 yr old schoolboys taught about 'wife beating' despite evidence of abuse against boys/men

I can't stop laughing cus the girl in the picture at the top looks just like my friend Kathryn hahahaha

Div, please provide examples of violence perpetrated by men are condoned by mass media...

Motherfortruth,

You're right about women needing to learn that violence against other women is not ok. I guess I'm privileged that I went to a school where we learned about all of the categories of gendered violence...

But the fact still remains that violence perpetrated BY men (towards either sex) is an issue that pervades all societies and is condoned by mass media on a level that violence by women has never been.

Div, boys/men do need to learn respect girls/women AND girls/women need to learn to respect boys/men. Men need to have sensitivity and courage to walk away and women need to quit thinking that their violence is harmless. I agree there surely are men who are violent towards other men, but additionally I want to bring to your attention the existence of numerous examples of women against women violence. The education on respect for men is as much as for women is urgently needed.

Boys are conditioned through their lives to think that violence against women is normal because of the media. Women are just now starting to be conditioned to believe that violence against men is socially accepted if it can look "funny" (eg, a slap upside the head because your boyfriend said something stupid).

What is more prevalent however, is violence against women.

Violence against men is more likely to be committed BY men as well. So yes, I think it is pertinent to teach boys that violence is bad. Should we pretend that girls are not violent? no, not ever. But when men are taught to respect women, the learn to respect men, too, because they learn they don't have to be violent to be 'men.'

what do you tell a woman with two black eyes?

nothing, she's been told twice.

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i heard that one from a housewife so don't give me crap about it.

ps women deserve only as much respect as they have for themselves

This article is false. Yes there are female on male violence, but over 99% of the statistics agree that there is way more male on femlae violence. I can not for the life of me understand why whoever wrote this would want to stop education that reduces violence.

I am not disputing that fact MOT, I am only disputing the statement taken out of the context of the actual report, and indeed, the ranks of violent women are increasing, but they don't even begin to approach the numbers of men who engage in violence anywhere and everywhere, and that is where we need to address the problem, although I agree with hcice completely. The thing is, it is difficult to teach children to eschew violence when so many cultures exonerate it, in one form or another, or equate it with definitions of masculinity.

Just an idea, why not teach both boys and girls that it is not acceptable to beat ANYONE regardless of them being male or female. We should be teaching respect for PEOPLE and not focusing on a particular gender, race, religion, etc, etc.

that headline doesn't read very well.

very misleading text...

"This is despite evidence showing that boys and young men are more than twice as likely to fall victim to violence"

While that statistic is true, boys and young men are NOT more than twice as likely to fall victim to female perpetrated violence. Take a closer look at the study you are quoting and not citing. Boys and young men are falling victim to male on male violence, which has always been the dominant form of violence. Indeed, we legitimize male violence via things like the use of excessive force by the police, and the recent tactics employed by the Bush administration. History overwhelmingly testifies to the fact that male on male violence is not only seen as a right, but in some sense as a right of passage.

Women and children are caught in the crossfire of what has been defined, since Cain and Abel, as masculinity.