Men seem to attack women more often that the other way around but both directions are signifcant

https://www.cdc.gov/intimate-partner-violence/about/index.ht...

Notably:

—- About 41% of women and 26% of men experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime and reported a related impact.

—- Over 61 million women and 53 million men have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

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bigfudge 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

From memory I think those numbers for men include those in same sex relationships. Also worth noting that men are much more likely to be physically or psychologically attacked by other men than they are by women.

I’m not minimising the idea that women can Be violent, but we need to be careful to have in proportion. If you look at the most serious categories of harm, or only murder, the differences really are very stark.

	▲	_0ffh 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Male same-sex relationships have the lowest numbers of abuse between all four categories, btw.

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pyth0 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking

> psychological aggression

Not at all downplaying the seriousness of emotional and psychological abuse, but these are very different things. Which is the main reason that the concept of this app doesn't bother me much. The immediate physical safety risks of dating as a woman are significantly greater than for men.

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PaulHoule 6 days ago | parent [-]

Sure, but it's about a factor of two -- the difference between the sun at noon and 5pm, not the difference between night and day.

Broken bones heal, but psychological wounds can last a lifetime -- and cut that lifetime short either through self-harm or the impact on chronic diseases. Sexual assault is so problematic because it has a very long term psychological impact on people.

	▲	opello 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		It also seems obvious that a physical wound very likely occurs in a context that may also create a psychological one.