▲ | deathanatos 5 days ago | |
According to the UNODC[1], in 2023, the rate of all murders of women in the US was 0.00205%. (2.05 per 100,000) Partner violence appears to account for ~34% of violence against women[2] (but vs. 6% for men), so that would be 0.697 per 100k or ~0.0007%, or ~1190 women/yr in the US[3]. Assuming I've done the math right… the risk is more than two orders of magnitude smaller than what you came up with. > Partner violence appears to account for ~34% of violence against women[2] (but vs. 6% for men) And this is sort of the point of the comment higher up: when you cut the stat this way, it seems like men are wildly dangerous creeps. But it is a statistic comparing one group to another group. We need to instead look at the absolute rate of partner violence to decide if men are on the whole violent murders or so, and there, the overall risk is low. [1]: https://dataunodc.un.org/dp-intentional-homicide-victims [2]: https://bjs.ojp.gov/female-murder-victims-and-victim-offende... [3]: (I've assumed a round population of 340M for the US, with 50/50 gender, just an approximation.) | ||
▲ | adolph 5 days ago | parent [-] | |
> when you cut the stat this way, it seems like men are wildly dangerous creeps. Not exactly. The statistics didn't specify the gender identity of the perpetuator, just the relationship to the victim and the gender identity of the victim. |