A brief search indicates that this is an MRA* talking point where a figure is quoted without any context or nuance.
The CDC also stated that 43.8% of lesbian women reported experiencing physical violence, stalking, or rape by their partners. The study notes that, out of those 43.8%, two thirds (67.4%) reported exclusively female perpetrators. The other third reported at least one perpetrator being male, however the study made no distinction between victims who experienced violence from male perpetrators only and those who reported both male and female perpetrators. Similarly, 61.1% of bisexual women reported physical violence, stalking, or rape by their partners in the same study with 89.5% reporting at least one perpetrator being male. In contrast, 35% of heterosexual women reported having been victim of intimate partner violence, with 98.7% of them reporting male perpetrators exclusively.
There are further Wikipedia pages discussing the reasons for which it’s difficult to accurately asses domestic violence rates and why we shouldn’t put too much weight on unreliable figures.
I personally can’t bring myself to believe that anyone’s gender or sexuality predisposes them to violence or emotional abuse. I assume that both the instances of abuse and the rate at which they’re reported are subject to societal factors.
* With this I mean a brand of misogynists and not egalitarian people focused on men’s issues. I apologize if this usage is incorrect/offensive.
I have no complaints about the about the researchers; and the study itself is fine for what it is. But what it is, is an opportunistic analysis of data that was collected as part of a larger study not focused on sexual orientation.
The headline numbers people quote is that lesbian and bisexual women report a lifetime prevalence of intimate parter violence of 44% and 61% respectively, compared to 28% for heterosexual women. According to the paper, the lower number for heterosexual women is statistically significant.
However, if you scroll down 9 pages you find that 89.5% of bisexual and 98.7% of heterosexual women victima report exclusively male perpetrators. In contrast, only 67.4% if lesbian victims report exclusively female perpetrators.
In principle you could try to untangle these numbers. But, according to the researchers, there is simply not enough data to do so in a statistically rigorous manner.
And that is assuming we take the survey results at face value; which is always a dangerous assumption. There is likely a significant reporting bias; and likely some form of sampling bias.
This is a topic that certainly deserves more research. But that is expensive and as far as I can tell has not been adaquettly done.
Meanwhile, actual lesbians dominate domestic violence charts.
A brief search indicates that this is an MRA* talking point where a figure is quoted without any context or nuance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence_in_same-sex_relationships
There are further Wikipedia pages discussing the reasons for which it’s difficult to accurately asses domestic violence rates and why we shouldn’t put too much weight on unreliable figures.
I personally can’t bring myself to believe that anyone’s gender or sexuality predisposes them to violence or emotional abuse. I assume that both the instances of abuse and the rate at which they’re reported are subject to societal factors.
* With this I mean a brand of misogynists and not egalitarian people focused on men’s issues. I apologize if this usage is incorrect/offensive.
Citations or gtfo
Sauce?
Statistical incompetence and a profoundly credulous worldview.
There is a 2010 study by the CDC on the subject.
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12362
I have no complaints about the about the researchers; and the study itself is fine for what it is. But what it is, is an opportunistic analysis of data that was collected as part of a larger study not focused on sexual orientation.
The headline numbers people quote is that lesbian and bisexual women report a lifetime prevalence of intimate parter violence of 44% and 61% respectively, compared to 28% for heterosexual women. According to the paper, the lower number for heterosexual women is statistically significant.
However, if you scroll down 9 pages you find that 89.5% of bisexual and 98.7% of heterosexual women victima report exclusively male perpetrators. In contrast, only 67.4% if lesbian victims report exclusively female perpetrators.
In principle you could try to untangle these numbers. But, according to the researchers, there is simply not enough data to do so in a statistically rigorous manner.
And that is assuming we take the survey results at face value; which is always a dangerous assumption. There is likely a significant reporting bias; and likely some form of sampling bias.
This is a topic that certainly deserves more research. But that is expensive and as far as I can tell has not been adaquettly done.