unawareness

The University of South Australia has carried out a nationwide survey, which was the largest Australian study into community's attitudes towards abuse in relationships.

This survey shows firstly that approximately a quarter to almost half of the respondents don't recognize it's the sign of abuse to try to control what their parners wear, to scroll through their text messages and to spend days giving them silent treatment. Secondly, the survey reveals that for people under the age of 18, males are three times more likely than females to think that pressuring for sex is not abusive. Over one-third of young people think that men and women are equally the perpetrators of abuse. However, the survey thirdly shows that women are victims in 85 - 95 per cent of abuse cases and men in 5 - 15 per cent of cases.

All points are from Herald Sun, Monday, July 23rd, 2007.