Colonial feminists at the New York Times are really concerned over the plight of women in Turkey. They say this: "The report — based on data from a 2009 Turkish government study in which 12,785 women were interviewed across 12 regions — said 39 percent of women in Turkey had suffered physical violence at some time in their lives, compared with 22 percent in the United States and between 3 and 35 percent in 20 European countries." Well, this one report. In fact, most report on domestic violence in the US use figures of 30% or so, although Catherine McKinnon in her book, Feminism Unmodified, cites much higher percentages. Also, just yesterday in a discussion of the subject of women in the Arab world in the Sociology of Islam email list, a colleague provided those statistics: "One
in every four women will experience domestic violence in her
lifetime.
Tjaden,
Patricia & Thoennes,Nancy. National Institute of Justice and the Centers of
Disease Control and Prevention, “Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate
Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey,”
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An
estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate
partner each year.
Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States. 2003. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control. Atlanta, GA
Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States. 2003. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control. Atlanta, GA
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85%
of domestic violence victims are women.
Bureau
of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001,
February 2003.
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Females
who are 20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate partner
violence
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Intimate Partner Violence in the United States,” December 2006.
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U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Intimate Partner Violence in the United States,” December 2006.
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Most
cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police
Frieze, I.H., Browne, A. (1989) Violence in Marriage. In L.E. Ohlin & M. H. Tonry (eds.) Family Violence. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Frieze, I.H., Browne, A. (1989) Violence in Marriage. In L.E. Ohlin & M. H. Tonry (eds.) Family Violence. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
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Break
the Cycle. (2006). Startling Statistics.
http://www.breakthecycle.org/html%20files/I_4a_startstatis.htm."
