My aged mom watches a lot of shitty tv.

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4. This is an excellent point.

It is ridiculous to suppose that we can bring girls up with the idea that it's okay to hit, and for that to not have ramifications.

http://www.patientedu.org/aspx/HealthELibrary/HealthETopic.aspx?cid=M0907d

Studies have shown that women are 70% of the perpetrators of non-reciprocal violence. The same study shows that 50% of domestic violence is reciprocal. Thus, 35% of all domestic violence is unilateral violence by women, 15% is unilateral violence by men and 50% is reciprocal.

Yet, suggesting anything other than the party line; "Get tougher on that 15% because other kinds of violence are a myth", is subject to a massive outburst of righteous indignation.