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About 10 years ago I heard Diane Rehm on NPR WDCA interview I think it was Naomi Wolf on the issue of domestic violence. A man called up about a "male friend" with a violent spouse -- it was pretty clear he was the friend. They mocked and taunted him! I have never had any respect for Diane Rehm any since.
I think we need to recognise that tremendous progress has occurred vis-a-vis male on female domestic abuse. It is reliably prosecuted, socially condemned and recongised as a problem. Men are increasingly acculturated againts domestic violence and the penalties are serious. Women are not when it comes to violence against men -- worse, some like Diane Rehm seem to just think it is soooo funny. But the issue is that we have an imbalance of reconition - one problem is known and increasingly dealt with -- the other hidden in shame and ridicule.
