Go directly to jail: Women are the worst perpetrators of verbal violence against men

blockquote”In the sea of conflict, men sink and women swim”–Researcher John Gottmanbr //blockquotebr /Many of you have been emailing me about France’s a href=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1240770/France-introduce-new-law-banning-psychological-violence-marriages.html”new law banning “psychological violence”/a against one’s spouse (wife is more like it, I’m sure). Apparently, jail time might even be involved for perpetrators who dare to mock their spouse (wife). Fausta a href=”http://faustasblog.com/?p=17851″emailed me a post/a she had written on the topic and asked if I thought women were more likely to be the perpetrators of insults against their husbands. My answer, “absolutely.” br /br /The research bears this out. In psychologist Richard Driscoll’s book a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0963412663?ie=UTF8tag=wwwviolentkicomlinkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0963412663″span style=”font-style:italic;”Opposites as Equals,/span /aimg src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwviolentkicoml=as2o=1a=0963412663″ width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”” style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” / there is a section called “Women are more confrontive.” Driscoll a href=”http://theoppositesex.info/arguments.html”discusses the work of John Gottman/a who observed that women are freer and more open in expressing their anger than are men:br /br /blockquoteWhile we might expect men to be more forceful than women in marital arguments, the research shows just the opposite, surprising our expectations.br /br /Women tend to be more insistent, according to various researchers including John Gottman [i] at the University of Washington. Women argue more forcefully in almost twice as many marriages as men.br /br /In the most lopsided arguments where only one argues and the other remains silent, by a ratio of 6 to 1, it is the woman who continues to argue and the man who remains silent. ….br /br /Men are typically more stressed and confused in arguments with women and remain bitter for longer afterward, while women are more comfortable amid verbal jousts, recover from them more quickly, in our ready for another round. Generally, it is fair to say that men are more intimidated in confrontations with women than the other way around. /blockquotebr /br /So, if men are more stressed and confused by arguments, meaning that they suffer more psychological harm than women, it seems fair to say that women are the ones who should suffer because of this law. br /br /I should note that I do not believe the government has any right to interfere this way in people’s marriages. However, given that these statist laws seem to abound, it seems only fair that women should be held accountable. And lest you think this an impossibility, remember that more and more women are being arrested for assaults, one reason being that due to feminism, women are no longer getting away with their crimes as often.