Re: A rational Canadian approach to firearms.

http://www.wavaw.ca/informed_stats.php

1. Four out of five female undergraduates surveyed at Canadian universities
said that they had been victims of violence in a dating relationship. Of
that number, 29% reported incidents of sexual assault. (W. DeKeseredy and K.
Kelly, "The Incidence and Prevalence of Woman Abuse in Canadian University
and College Dating Relationships: Results From a National Survey," Ottawa:
Health Canada, 1993)

2. A survey on date rape showed that 60% of Canadian college-aged males
indicated that they would commit sexual assault if they were certain they
would not get caught. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence Against
Women: A Manual for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education, 1992)

3. According to Statistics Canada, only 6% of all sexual assaults are
reported to the police. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women
Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)

4. Only 1% of all date rapes are reported to police. (Diana Russell, Sexual
Exploitation: Rape, Child Abuse and Workplace Harassment, California: Sage
Publishing, 1984)

5. Consistently acquaintance sexual assault is found to be the most
underreported crime in Canada. (Robin Warshaw, I Never Called It Rape, 1988)

6. The majority of date and acquaintance rape victims are young women aged
16 to 24. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence Against Women: A Manual
for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education, 1992)

7. A 1993 survey found that one-half of all Canadian women have experienced
at least one incident of sexual or physical violence. Almost 60% of these
women were the targets of more than one violent incidents. (Statistics
Canada, "The Violence Against Women Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)

8. Statistics show one in four Canadian women will be sexually assaulted
during her lifetime. ( J. Brickman and J. Briere, "Incidence of Rape and
Sexual Assault in an Urban Canadian Population," The International Journal
of Women's Studies, Vol. 7, no. 3, 1984)
In BC, sexual assault is twice the national average: Almost 1 out of 2 women
in British Columbia have been sexually assaulted (47%). (D. Kinnon, "Report
on Sexual Assault in Canada," Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of
Women, Ottawa, 1981)

9. Most women who are sexually assaulted know their attackers. In fact
approximately 80% are assaulted by men known to them in some capacity. (D.
Kinnon, "Report on Sexual Assault in Canada, Canadian Advisory Council on
the Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)

10. Research indicates that a shocking number of young men and women believe
that it is okay to coerce a woman to have sex. In a Toronto study, 31% of
males and 22% of females said yes when asked, "If a girl engages in necking
or petting and she lets things get out of hand, is it her own fault if her
partner forces sex on her?" Another study found that 60% of Canadian
college-aged males said they would commit sexual assault if they were
certain they would not get caught. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence
Against Women: A Manual for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education, 1992)

11. A study of 304 Toronto secondary school students found that one-fifth of
the young women had experienced at least one form of assault in a dating
relationship. (Shirley Mercer, Not a Pretty Picture: An Exploratory Study of
Violence Against Women in Dating Relationships, Toronto: Education Wife
Assault, 1987)

12. Statistics Canada indicates that women are physically injured in 11% of
sexual assaults. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women Survey,"
The Daily, November 18, 1993)[***see below]

13. The effects of sexual assault on a woman's mental health and well-being
can be just as serious as physical injuries. 9 out of 10 incidents of
violence against women have an emotional effect on the victim. The most
commonly reported effects are anger, fear and becoming more cautious and
less trusting. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women Survey," The
Daily, November 18, 1993)

14. Assaults on women with disabilities can trigger severe physical
reactions. A woman with epilepsy may have a seizure, a woman with cerebral
palsy may develop even more unclear speech, or a woman with diabetes may go
into insulin shock. (DisAbled Women's Network(DAWN), Violence Against Women
With Disabilities, Toronto: DAWN)

15. In one study, women gave the following reasons for not reporting
incidents of sexual assault:

belief that the police could do nothing about it (50%)

concern about the attitude of both police and the courts towards sexual
assault (44%)

fear of another assault by the offender (33%)

fear and shame (64%)

Women who have been sexually assaulted often fear that if they report a
sexual assault they will be revictimized by the justice system.
(Solicitor General of Canada, "Canadian Urban Victimization Survey,"
Bulletin 4: Female Victims of Crime, Ottawa, 1985)

16. More than 80% of rapes that occur on university and college campuses are
committed by someone the victim knows, and 50% occur on dates. Many of these
assaults happen during the first eight weeks of classes. (University of
Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )

17. 15% to 30% of university women report experiencing acquaintance rape.
(University of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )

18. Studies conducted in 1995 at the University of Victoria estimate that
between 1 in 6 and 1 in 4 women have experienced sexual assault during their
university career. (University of Victoria Sexual Assault Centre)

19. False accusations of rape happen no more often than false reports of
other types of crime: about 2 to 4%, which means that 96 to 98% of reports
are true. (University of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )
20. Almost 1 out of 2 women in British Columbia have been sexually
assaulted(47%). (D. Kinnon, "Report on Sexual Assault in Canada," Canadian
Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)


Rape Hotline 1 877 392 7583 (for that charged cellphone)
===============================
Statistics Sheet:
Violence Against Women Partners


In July 2000, Statistics Canada released results from the 1999 General
Social Survey on Victimization (Bunge and Levett 2000). This survey measured
spousal violence on a smaller scale than the 1993 Violence Against Women
Survey (VAWS), the first ever national study on violence against women in
this country. The results from VAWS, along with statistics from other
studies, are now used in annual reports on family violence that assist us in
understanding the prevalence of and trends in violence against women in
Canada. These studies unfortunately do not address the incidence and
prevalence of violence against women partners in visible minority and
immigrant communities (see McDonald 1999).

The statistics below are taken from these reports and other studies.

In 1999, more than 27,000 cases of spousal violence were reported to police
departments across the country. Eighty-seven percent of the victims were
women. (Bunge and Levett 2000, 21)


In 1996, approximately 80% of victims of criminal harassment were women.
Over half of all female victims of criminal harassment were harassed by
ex-spouses or other intimate partners. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 3)


Between 1979 and 1998, 1468 women were killed by their husbands, compared
with 433 men killed by their wives. (Statistics Canada 2000, 6)


In 1996, 49% of family homicides involved spouses. (Bunge and Levett 1998,
28)


In 1996, in 56% of all spousal homicides, investigating officers had
knowledge of previous domestic violence between victims and suspects. (Bunge
and Levett 1998, 32)


In reported incidents of assault against woman partners in 1996, 72% of
women were assaulted by a current spouse, and 28% were assaulted by a former
or estranged spouse. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 6)


According to the Violence Against Women Survey (VAWS), 29% of ever married
women have been assaulted by their partners at least once. (Statistics
Canada 1993, 4)


According to the VAWS, 16% of women interviewed reported being kicked, hit,
beaten, sexually assaulted or having a gun or knife used against them; 11%
reported being pushed, shoved or slapped; 2% reported only threats or having
something thrown at them. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 10)


Of women who indicated that they had been victims of spousal violence in the
VAWS, only 26% had reported an incident to police. (Statistics Canada 1993,
7) The 1999 General Social Survey found that in the five year period prior
to the survey, 37% of women who had been victims of spousal violence had
reported an incident to police (Statistics Canada 2000, 5)


Women are three times as likely to report the incident(s) to police if their
children witnessed violence against them, four times more likely if a weapon
was used against them, and five times more likely to call the police if they
feared for their lives. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 11)


Most women interviewed in the VAWS did not call the police for protection or
help in ending the violence. This included: 57% of women who were injured by
their partners, 51% of women who were assaulted more than ten times, and
almost half of all abused women who feared for their lives. (Bunge and
Levett 1998, 11)


Twelve percent of Canadian women aged 18-24 reported at least one incident
of violence by an intimate partner in a one-year period, compared with the
national average of 3% of all married or cohabiting women. (Bunge and Levett
1998, 14)


There is a fourfold difference in rates of violence against women living in
common-law relationships compared with women in registered marriages (9% and
2%, respectively). (Bunge and Levett 1998, 14)


Thirty-five percent of all women interviewed in the VAWS who had ever been
married or lived with a man in a common-law relationship had been subjected
to some form of emotional abuse. This can include: verbal attacks, ridicule,
isolation from family and friends, jealousy and unwarranted accusations
about infidelity, possessiveness, damage to or destruction of property,
torture or killing of pets, and threats to harm children or other family
members. (Bunge and Levett 1998,15)


Three quarters of Canadian women who were assaulted or threatened also
described their partners as controlling in one or more ways. (Bunge and
Levett 1998, 15)


Seventeen percent of women in an intact relationship reported some form of
emotional abuse. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 15)


The VAWS found that women in violent relationships were twice as likely to
have witnessed their own fathers assaulting their mothers and were three
times as likely as women in non-violent relationships to state that their
spouse had witnessed violence as a child. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 16)


Fifty-one percent of violent partners were usually drinking at the time of
the assaults. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 16)


In a Canada-wide "snapshot" taken on May 31, 1995, there were 2361 women
accompanied by 2217 children living in shelters across the country. Four out
of five women were there to escape an abusive situation, the majority from
abuse by a current partner (64%) or ex-partner (21%). (Bunge and Levett
1998, 18)


In the twelve months prior to this "snapshot" taken on May 31, 1995, 365
shelters across Canada recorded over 85,000 admissions. On a typical day,
they receive approximately 3000 requests from non-residents. (Bunge and
Levett 1998, 19)


The majority of women who entered a shelter were victims of physical abuse
(70%). Almost half of the women reported threats of abuse, and one fifth had
experienced sexual abuse. (These numbers add up to more than 100% because
many women experienced multiple forms of abuse.) (Bunge and Levett 1998, 19)


Twenty-five percent of women who entered shelters in 1995 had injuries that
required medical attention, and 3% required hospitalization. (Bunge and
Levett 1998, 19)


One third of women entering shelters in 1995 reported the incident to
police. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 19)


Although shelter residents are often the most severely abused women, charges
were laid in only 56% of the cases that were reported to the police. (Bunge
and Levett 1998, 19)


Two thirds of women admitted to a shelter in 1995 were under the age of 35,
while less than five percent were over 55 years of age. (Bunge and Levett
1998, 19)


Women who are between 15 and 19 years of age are twice as likely as older
women to be killed in a violent marriage. (Wilson and Daly 1994, 10)


Forty-two percent of women with disabilities have been or are in abusive
relationships. (DisAbled Women's Network 1989)


Eight in ten Aboriginal women in Ontario reported having personally
experienced violence. (Ontario Native Women's Association 1989, 7)


Between 75% and 90% of women in some northern Aboriginal communities are
battered. (Dumont-Smith and Sioui Labelle 1991, 18)


Immigrant and refugee women often stay in abusive relationships because of
isolation, few economic resources, a lack of employment or underemployment
and language barriers. (Bhola and Nelson 1990, C-4)


Fear of deportation and fear of the police often keep immigrant and refugee
women from reporting domestic violence.(Bhola and Nelson 1990, B-35)





--
Popeye
When a dog pisses on a fire hydrant,
He's not committing an act of vandalism,
He's just being a dog
www.finalprotectivefire.com

Sounds like a kinder and gentler place to me. No need to worry, no need at
all.

Lee

"Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
message news:12qjbse1virlj11@news.supernews.com...
> http://www.wavaw.ca/informed_stats.php
>
> 1. Four out of five female undergraduates surveyed at Canadian
> universities said that they had been victims of violence in a dating
> relationship. Of that number, 29% reported incidents of sexual assault.
> (W. DeKeseredy and K. Kelly, "The Incidence and Prevalence of Woman Abuse
> in Canadian University and College Dating Relationships: Results From a
> National Survey," Ottawa: Health Canada, 1993)
>
> 2. A survey on date rape showed that 60% of Canadian college-aged males
> indicated that they would commit sexual assault if they were certain they
> would not get caught. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence Against
> Women: A Manual for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario
> Institute for Studies in Education, 1992)
>
> 3. According to Statistics Canada, only 6% of all sexual assaults are
> reported to the police. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women
> Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)
>
> 4. Only 1% of all date rapes are reported to police. (Diana Russell,
> Sexual Exploitation: Rape, Child Abuse and Workplace Harassment,
> California: Sage Publishing, 1984)
>
> 5. Consistently acquaintance sexual assault is found to be the most
> underreported crime in Canada. (Robin Warshaw, I Never Called It Rape,
> 1988)
>
> 6. The majority of date and acquaintance rape victims are young women aged
> 16 to 24. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence Against Women: A Manual
> for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies
> in Education, 1992)
>
> 7. A 1993 survey found that one-half of all Canadian women have
> experienced at least one incident of sexual or physical violence. Almost
> 60% of these women were the targets of more than one violent incidents.
> (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women Survey," The Daily,
> November 18, 1993)
>
> 8. Statistics show one in four Canadian women will be sexually assaulted
> during her lifetime. ( J. Brickman and J. Briere, "Incidence of Rape and
> Sexual Assault in an Urban Canadian Population," The International Journal
> of Women's Studies, Vol. 7, no. 3, 1984)
> In BC, sexual assault is twice the national average: Almost 1 out of 2
> women in British Columbia have been sexually assaulted (47%). (D. Kinnon,
> "Report on Sexual Assault in Canada," Canadian Advisory Council on the
> Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)
>
> 9. Most women who are sexually assaulted know their attackers. In fact
> approximately 80% are assaulted by men known to them in some capacity. (D.
> Kinnon, "Report on Sexual Assault in Canada, Canadian Advisory Council on
> the Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)
>
> 10. Research indicates that a shocking number of young men and women
> believe that it is okay to coerce a woman to have sex. In a Toronto study,
> 31% of males and 22% of females said yes when asked, "If a girl engages in
> necking or petting and she lets things get out of hand, is it her own
> fault if her partner forces sex on her?" Another study found that 60% of
> Canadian college-aged males said they would commit sexual assault if they
> were certain they would not get caught. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of
> Violence Against Women: A Manual for Educators and Administrators,"
> Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1992)
>
> 11. A study of 304 Toronto secondary school students found that one-fifth
> of the young women had experienced at least one form of assault in a
> dating relationship. (Shirley Mercer, Not a Pretty Picture: An Exploratory
> Study of Violence Against Women in Dating Relationships, Toronto:
> Education Wife Assault, 1987)
>
> 12. Statistics Canada indicates that women are physically injured in 11%
> of sexual assaults. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women
> Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)[***see below]
>
> 13. The effects of sexual assault on a woman's mental health and
> well-being can be just as serious as physical injuries. 9 out of 10
> incidents of violence against women have an emotional effect on the
> victim. The most commonly reported effects are anger, fear and becoming
> more cautious and less trusting. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against
> Women Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)
>
> 14. Assaults on women with disabilities can trigger severe physical
> reactions. A woman with epilepsy may have a seizure, a woman with cerebral
> palsy may develop even more unclear speech, or a woman with diabetes may
> go into insulin shock. (DisAbled Women's Network(DAWN), Violence Against
> Women With Disabilities, Toronto: DAWN)
>
> 15. In one study, women gave the following reasons for not reporting
> incidents of sexual assault:
>
> belief that the police could do nothing about it (50%)
>
> concern about the attitude of both police and the courts towards sexual
> assault (44%)
>
> fear of another assault by the offender (33%)
>
> fear and shame (64%)
>
> Women who have been sexually assaulted often fear that if they report a
> sexual assault they will be revictimized by the justice system.
> (Solicitor General of Canada, "Canadian Urban Victimization Survey,"
> Bulletin 4: Female Victims of Crime, Ottawa, 1985)
>
> 16. More than 80% of rapes that occur on university and college campuses
> are committed by someone the victim knows, and 50% occur on dates. Many of
> these assaults happen during the first eight weeks of classes. (University
> of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )
>
> 17. 15% to 30% of university women report experiencing acquaintance rape.
> (University of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )
>
> 18. Studies conducted in 1995 at the University of Victoria estimate that
> between 1 in 6 and 1 in 4 women have experienced sexual assault during
> their university career. (University of Victoria Sexual Assault Centre)
>
> 19. False accusations of rape happen no more often than false reports of
> other types of crime: about 2 to 4%, which means that 96 to 98% of reports
> are true. (University of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in
> Canada' )
> 20. Almost 1 out of 2 women in British Columbia have been sexually
> assaulted(47%). (D. Kinnon, "Report on Sexual Assault in Canada," Canadian
> Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)
>
>
> Rape Hotline 1 877 392 7583 (for that charged cellphone)
> ===============================
> Statistics Sheet:
> Violence Against Women Partners
>
>
> In July 2000, Statistics Canada released results from the 1999 General
> Social Survey on Victimization (Bunge and Levett 2000). This survey
> measured spousal violence on a smaller scale than the 1993 Violence
> Against Women Survey (VAWS), the first ever national study on violence
> against women in this country. The results from VAWS, along with
> statistics from other studies, are now used in annual reports on family
> violence that assist us in understanding the prevalence of and trends in
> violence against women in Canada. These studies unfortunately do not
> address the incidence and prevalence of violence against women partners in
> visible minority and immigrant communities (see McDonald 1999).
>
> The statistics below are taken from these reports and other studies.
>
> In 1999, more than 27,000 cases of spousal violence were reported to
> police departments across the country. Eighty-seven percent of the victims
> were women. (Bunge and Levett 2000, 21)
>
>
> In 1996, approximately 80% of victims of criminal harassment were women.
> Over half of all female victims of criminal harassment were harassed by
> ex-spouses or other intimate partners. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 3)
>
>
> Between 1979 and 1998, 1468 women were killed by their husbands, compared
> with 433 men killed by their wives. (Statistics Canada 2000, 6)
>
>
> In 1996, 49% of family homicides involved spouses. (Bunge and Levett 1998,
> 28)
>
>
> In 1996, in 56% of all spousal homicides, investigating officers had
> knowledge of previous domestic violence between victims and suspects.
> (Bunge and Levett 1998, 32)
>
>
> In reported incidents of assault against woman partners in 1996, 72% of
> women were assaulted by a current spouse, and 28% were assaulted by a
> former or estranged spouse. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 6)
>
>
> According to the Violence Against Women Survey (VAWS), 29% of ever married
> women have been assaulted by their partners at least once. (Statistics
> Canada 1993, 4)
>
>
> According to the VAWS, 16% of women interviewed reported being kicked,
> hit, beaten, sexually assaulted or having a gun or knife used against
> them; 11% reported being pushed, shoved or slapped; 2% reported only
> threats or having something thrown at them. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 10)
>
>
> Of women who indicated that they had been victims of spousal violence in
> the VAWS, only 26% had reported an incident to police. (Statistics Canada
> 1993, 7) The 1999 General Social Survey found that in the five year period
> prior to the survey, 37% of women who had been victims of spousal violence
> had reported an incident to police (Statistics Canada 2000, 5)
>
>
> Women are three times as likely to report the incident(s) to police if
> their children witnessed violence against them, four times more likely if
> a weapon was used against them, and five times more likely to call the
> police if they feared for their lives. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 11)
>
>
> Most women interviewed in the VAWS did not call the police for protection
> or help in ending the violence. This included: 57% of women who were
> injured by their partners, 51% of women who were assaulted more than ten
> times, and almost half of all abused women who feared for their lives.
> (Bunge and Levett 1998, 11)
>
>
> Twelve percent of Canadian women aged 18-24 reported at least one incident
> of violence by an intimate partner in a one-year period, compared with the
> national average of 3% of all married or cohabiting women. (Bunge and
> Levett 1998, 14)
>
>
> There is a fourfold difference in rates of violence against women living
> in common-law relationships compared with women in registered marriages
> (9% and 2%, respectively). (Bunge and Levett 1998, 14)
>
>
> Thirty-five percent of all women interviewed in the VAWS who had ever been
> married or lived with a man in a common-law relationship had been
> subjected to some form of emotional abuse. This can include: verbal
> attacks, ridicule, isolation from family and friends, jealousy and
> unwarranted accusations about infidelity, possessiveness, damage to or
> destruction of property, torture or killing of pets, and threats to harm
> children or other family members. (Bunge and Levett 1998,15)
>
>
> Three quarters of Canadian women who were assaulted or threatened also
> described their partners as controlling in one or more ways. (Bunge and
> Levett 1998, 15)
>
>
> Seventeen percent of women in an intact relationship reported some form of
> emotional abuse. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 15)
>
>
> The VAWS found that women in violent relationships were twice as likely to
> have witnessed their own fathers assaulting their mothers and were three
> times as likely as women in non-violent relationships to state that their
> spouse had witnessed violence as a child. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 16)
>
>
> Fifty-one percent of violent partners were usually drinking at the time of
> the assaults. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 16)
>
>
> In a Canada-wide "snapshot" taken on May 31, 1995, there were 2361 women
> accompanied by 2217 children living in shelters across the country. Four
> out of five women were there to escape an abusive situation, the majority
> from abuse by a current partner (64%) or ex-partner (21%). (Bunge and
> Levett 1998, 18)
>
>
> In the twelve months prior to this "snapshot" taken on May 31, 1995, 365
> shelters across Canada recorded over 85,000 admissions. On a typical day,
> they receive approximately 3000 requests from non-residents. (Bunge and
> Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> The majority of women who entered a shelter were victims of physical abuse
> (70%). Almost half of the women reported threats of abuse, and one fifth
> had experienced sexual abuse. (These numbers add up to more than 100%
> because many women experienced multiple forms of abuse.) (Bunge and Levett
> 1998, 19)
>
>
> Twenty-five percent of women who entered shelters in 1995 had injuries
> that required medical attention, and 3% required hospitalization. (Bunge
> and Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> One third of women entering shelters in 1995 reported the incident to
> police. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> Although shelter residents are often the most severely abused women,
> charges were laid in only 56% of the cases that were reported to the
> police. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> Two thirds of women admitted to a shelter in 1995 were under the age of
> 35, while less than five percent were over 55 years of age. (Bunge and
> Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> Women who are between 15 and 19 years of age are twice as likely as older
> women to be killed in a violent marriage. (Wilson and Daly 1994, 10)
>
>
> Forty-two percent of women with disabilities have been or are in abusive
> relationships. (DisAbled Women's Network 1989)
>
>
> Eight in ten Aboriginal women in Ontario reported having personally
> experienced violence. (Ontario Native Women's Association 1989, 7)
>
>
> Between 75% and 90% of women in some northern Aboriginal communities are
> battered. (Dumont-Smith and Sioui Labelle 1991, 18)
>
>
> Immigrant and refugee women often stay in abusive relationships because of
> isolation, few economic resources, a lack of employment or underemployment
> and language barriers. (Bhola and Nelson 1990, C-4)
>
>
> Fear of deportation and fear of the police often keep immigrant and
> refugee women from reporting domestic violence.(Bhola and Nelson 1990,
> B-35)
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Popeye
> When a dog pisses on a fire hydrant,
> He's not committing an act of vandalism,
> He's just being a dog
> www.finalprotectivefire.com
>
>

Sorry about top posting

I visited Canada once - just across the border from Niagara Falls when I
was working in bUffalo on a Y2K project

I didn't see anything like this - I think the statistics are skewed

i.e. I didn't see it; ergo; it never happened

Lee Bell wrote:
> Sounds like a kinder and gentler place to me. No need to worry, no need at
> all.
>
> Lee
>
> "Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
> message news:12qjbse1virlj11@news.supernews.com...
>
>>http://www.wavaw.ca/informed_stats.php
>>
>>1. Four out of five female undergraduates surveyed at Canadian
>>universities said that they had been victims of violence in a dating
>>relationship. Of that number, 29% reported incidents of sexual assault.
>>(W. DeKeseredy and K. Kelly, "The Incidence and Prevalence of Woman Abuse
>>in Canadian University and College Dating Relationships: Results From a
>>National Survey," Ottawa: Health Canada, 1993)
>>
>>2. A survey on date rape showed that 60% of Canadian college-aged males
>>indicated that they would commit sexual assault if they were certain they
>>would not get caught. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence Against
>>Women: A Manual for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario
>>Institute for Studies in Education, 1992)
>>
>>3. According to Statistics Canada, only 6% of all sexual assaults are
>>reported to the police. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women
>>Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)
>>
>>4. Only 1% of all date rapes are reported to police. (Diana Russell,
>>Sexual Exploitation: Rape, Child Abuse and Workplace Harassment,
>>California: Sage Publishing, 1984)
>>
>>5. Consistently acquaintance sexual assault is found to be the most
>>underreported crime in Canada. (Robin Warshaw, I Never Called It Rape,
>>1988)
>>
>>6. The majority of date and acquaintance rape victims are young women aged
>>16 to 24. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence Against Women: A Manual
>>for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies
>>in Education, 1992)
>>
>>7. A 1993 survey found that one-half of all Canadian women have
>>experienced at least one incident of sexual or physical violence. Almost
>>60% of these women were the targets of more than one violent incidents.
>>(Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women Survey," The Daily,
>>November 18, 1993)
>>
>>8. Statistics show one in four Canadian women will be sexually assaulted
>>during her lifetime. ( J. Brickman and J. Briere, "Incidence of Rape and
>>Sexual Assault in an Urban Canadian Population," The International Journal
>>of Women's Studies, Vol. 7, no. 3, 1984)
>>In BC, sexual assault is twice the national average: Almost 1 out of 2
>>women in British Columbia have been sexually assaulted (47%). (D. Kinnon,
>>"Report on Sexual Assault in Canada," Canadian Advisory Council on the
>>Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)
>>
>>9. Most women who are sexually assaulted know their attackers. In fact
>>approximately 80% are assaulted by men known to them in some capacity. (D.
>>Kinnon, "Report on Sexual Assault in Canada, Canadian Advisory Council on
>>the Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)
>>
>>10. Research indicates that a shocking number of young men and women
>>believe that it is okay to coerce a woman to have sex. In a Toronto study,
>>31% of males and 22% of females said yes when asked, "If a girl engages in
>>necking or petting and she lets things get out of hand, is it her own
>>fault if her partner forces sex on her?" Another study found that 60% of
>>Canadian college-aged males said they would commit sexual assault if they
>>were certain they would not get caught. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of
>>Violence Against Women: A Manual for Educators and Administrators,"
>>Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1992)
>>
>>11. A study of 304 Toronto secondary school students found that one-fifth
>>of the young women had experienced at least one form of assault in a
>>dating relationship. (Shirley Mercer, Not a Pretty Picture: An Exploratory
>>Study of Violence Against Women in Dating Relationships, Toronto:
>>Education Wife Assault, 1987)
>>
>>12. Statistics Canada indicates that women are physically injured in 11%
>>of sexual assaults. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women
>>Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)[***see below]
>>
>>13. The effects of sexual assault on a woman's mental health and
>>well-being can be just as serious as physical injuries. 9 out of 10
>>incidents of violence against women have an emotional effect on the
>>victim. The most commonly reported effects are anger, fear and becoming
>>more cautious and less trusting. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against
>>Women Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)
>>
>>14. Assaults on women with disabilities can trigger severe physical
>>reactions. A woman with epilepsy may have a seizure, a woman with cerebral
>>palsy may develop even more unclear speech, or a woman with diabetes may
>>go into insulin shock. (DisAbled Women's Network(DAWN), Violence Against
>>Women With Disabilities, Toronto: DAWN)
>>
>>15. In one study, women gave the following reasons for not reporting
>>incidents of sexual assault:
>>
>>belief that the police could do nothing about it (50%)
>>
>>concern about the attitude of both police and the courts towards sexual
>>assault (44%)
>>
>>fear of another assault by the offender (33%)
>>
>>fear and shame (64%)
>>
>>Women who have been sexually assaulted often fear that if they report a
>>sexual assault they will be revictimized by the justice system.
>>(Solicitor General of Canada, "Canadian Urban Victimization Survey,"
>>Bulletin 4: Female Victims of Crime, Ottawa, 1985)
>>
>>16. More than 80% of rapes that occur on university and college campuses
>>are committed by someone the victim knows, and 50% occur on dates. Many of
>>these assaults happen during the first eight weeks of classes. (University
>>of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )
>>
>>17. 15% to 30% of university women report experiencing acquaintance rape.
>>(University of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )
>>
>>18. Studies conducted in 1995 at the University of Victoria estimate that
>>between 1 in 6 and 1 in 4 women have experienced sexual assault during
>>their university career. (University of Victoria Sexual Assault Centre)
>>
>>19. False accusations of rape happen no more often than false reports of
>>other types of crime: about 2 to 4%, which means that 96 to 98% of reports
>>are true. (University of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in
>>Canada' )
>>20. Almost 1 out of 2 women in British Columbia have been sexually
>>assaulted(47%). (D. Kinnon, "Report on Sexual Assault in Canada," Canadian
>>Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)
>>
>>
>>Rape Hotline 1 877 392 7583 (for that charged cellphone)
>>===============================
>>Statistics Sheet:
>>Violence Against Women Partners
>>
>>
>>In July 2000, Statistics Canada released results from the 1999 General
>>Social Survey on Victimization (Bunge and Levett 2000). This survey
>>measured spousal violence on a smaller scale than the 1993 Violence
>>Against Women Survey (VAWS), the first ever national study on violence
>>against women in this country. The results from VAWS, along with
>>statistics from other studies, are now used in annual reports on family
>>violence that assist us in understanding the prevalence of and trends in
>>violence against women in Canada. These studies unfortunately do not
>>address the incidence and prevalence of violence against women partners in
>>visible minority and immigrant communities (see McDonald 1999).
>>
>>The statistics below are taken from these reports and other studies.
>>
>>In 1999, more than 27,000 cases of spousal violence were reported to
>>police departments across the country. Eighty-seven percent of the victims
>>were women. (Bunge and Levett 2000, 21)
>>
>>
>>In 1996, approximately 80% of victims of criminal harassment were women.
>>Over half of all female victims of criminal harassment were harassed by
>>ex-spouses or other intimate partners. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 3)
>>
>>
>>Between 1979 and 1998, 1468 women were killed by their husbands, compared
>>with 433 men killed by their wives. (Statistics Canada 2000, 6)
>>
>>
>>In 1996, 49% of family homicides involved spouses. (Bunge and Levett 1998,
>>28)
>>
>>
>>In 1996, in 56% of all spousal homicides, investigating officers had
>>knowledge of previous domestic violence between victims and suspects.
>>(Bunge and Levett 1998, 32)
>>
>>
>>In reported incidents of assault against woman partners in 1996, 72% of
>>women were assaulted by a current spouse, and 28% were assaulted by a
>>former or estranged spouse. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 6)
>>
>>
>>According to the Violence Against Women Survey (VAWS), 29% of ever married
>>women have been assaulted by their partners at least once. (Statistics
>>Canada 1993, 4)
>>
>>
>>According to the VAWS, 16% of women interviewed reported being kicked,
>>hit, beaten, sexually assaulted or having a gun or knife used against
>>them; 11% reported being pushed, shoved or slapped; 2% reported only
>>threats or having something thrown at them. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 10)
>>
>>
>>Of women who indicated that they had been victims of spousal violence in
>>the VAWS, only 26% had reported an incident to police. (Statistics Canada
>>1993, 7) The 1999 General Social Survey found that in the five year period
>>prior to the survey, 37% of women who had been victims of spousal violence
>>had reported an incident to police (Statistics Canada 2000, 5)
>>
>>
>>Women are three times as likely to report the incident(s) to police if
>>their children witnessed violence against them, four times more likely if
>>a weapon was used against them, and five times more likely to call the
>>police if they feared for their lives. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 11)
>>
>>
>>Most women interviewed in the VAWS did not call the police for protection
>>or help in ending the violence. This included: 57% of women who were
>>injured by their partners, 51% of women who were assaulted more than ten
>>times, and almost half of all abused women who feared for their lives.
>>(Bunge and Levett 1998, 11)
>>
>>
>>Twelve percent of Canadian women aged 18-24 reported at least one incident
>>of violence by an intimate partner in a one-year period, compared with the
>>national average of 3% of all married or cohabiting women. (Bunge and
>>Levett 1998, 14)
>>
>>
>>There is a fourfold difference in rates of violence against women living
>>in common-law relationships compared with women in registered marriages
>>(9% and 2%, respectively). (Bunge and Levett 1998, 14)
>>
>>
>>Thirty-five percent of all women interviewed in the VAWS who had ever been
>>married or lived with a man in a common-law relationship had been
>>subjected to some form of emotional abuse. This can include: verbal
>>attacks, ridicule, isolation from family and friends, jealousy and
>>unwarranted accusations about infidelity, possessiveness, damage to or
>>destruction of property, torture or killing of pets, and threats to harm
>>children or other family members. (Bunge and Levett 1998,15)
>>
>>
>>Three quarters of Canadian women who were assaulted or threatened also
>>described their partners as controlling in one or more ways. (Bunge and
>>Levett 1998, 15)
>>
>>
>>Seventeen percent of women in an intact relationship reported some form of
>>emotional abuse. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 15)
>>
>>
>>The VAWS found that women in violent relationships were twice as likely to
>>have witnessed their own fathers assaulting their mothers and were three
>>times as likely as women in non-violent relationships to state that their
>>spouse had witnessed violence as a child. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 16)
>>
>>
>>Fifty-one percent of violent partners were usually drinking at the time of
>>the assaults. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 16)
>>
>>
>>In a Canada-wide "snapshot" taken on May 31, 1995, there were 2361 women
>>accompanied by 2217 children living in shelters across the country. Four
>>out of five women were there to escape an abusive situation, the majority
>>from abuse by a current partner (64%) or ex-partner (21%). (Bunge and
>>Levett 1998, 18)
>>
>>
>>In the twelve months prior to this "snapshot" taken on May 31, 1995, 365
>>shelters across Canada recorded over 85,000 admissions. On a typical day,
>>they receive approximately 3000 requests from non-residents. (Bunge and
>>Levett 1998, 19)
>>
>>
>>The majority of women who entered a shelter were victims of physical abuse
>>(70%). Almost half of the women reported threats of abuse, and one fifth
>>had experienced sexual abuse. (These numbers add up to more than 100%
>>because many women experienced multiple forms of abuse.) (Bunge and Levett
>>1998, 19)
>>
>>
>>Twenty-five percent of women who entered shelters in 1995 had injuries
>>that required medical attention, and 3% required hospitalization. (Bunge
>>and Levett 1998, 19)
>>
>>
>>One third of women entering shelters in 1995 reported the incident to
>>police. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 19)
>>
>>
>>Although shelter residents are often the most severely abused women,
>>charges were laid in only 56% of the cases that were reported to the
>>police. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 19)
>>
>>
>>Two thirds of women admitted to a shelter in 1995 were under the age of
>>35, while less than five percent were over 55 years of age. (Bunge and
>>Levett 1998, 19)
>>
>>
>>Women who are between 15 and 19 years of age are twice as likely as older
>>women to be killed in a violent marriage. (Wilson and Daly 1994, 10)
>>
>>
>>Forty-two percent of women with disabilities have been or are in abusive
>>relationships. (DisAbled Women's Network 1989)
>>
>>
>>Eight in ten Aboriginal women in Ontario reported having personally
>>experienced violence. (Ontario Native Women's Association 1989, 7)
>>
>>
>>Between 75% and 90% of women in some northern Aboriginal communities are
>>battered. (Dumont-Smith and Sioui Labelle 1991, 18)
>>
>>
>>Immigrant and refugee women often stay in abusive relationships because of
>>isolation, few economic resources, a lack of employment or underemployment
>>and language barriers. (Bhola and Nelson 1990, C-4)
>>
>>
>>Fear of deportation and fear of the police often keep immigrant and
>>refugee women from reporting domestic violence.(Bhola and Nelson 1990,
>>B-35)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>> Popeye
>> When a dog pisses on a fire hydrant,
>> He's not committing an act of vandalism,
>> He's just being a dog
>> www.finalprotectivefire.com
>>
>>
>
>
>

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:00:44 -0500, in
<fJiqh.278$bp4.27@bignews4.bellsouth.net>, Lee Bell wrote:
> Sounds like a kinder and gentler place to me. No need to worry, no need
> at all.

But the statistics that are being quoted are from sources that have
various interests in them being quoted as high... You'll find them
classifying as "date rape" a case of meeting a meeting a girl at a bar,
having enough drinks for her to lose her inhibitions and then ending up in
bed afterwards... In my book, that doesn't classify as "date rape"...
"Poor judgment" on her part, perhaps... "Getting lucky" on my part,
perhaps... Of course, it is in poor taste to get the woman so drunk that
she passes out and then have sex with her while she's out... You really
should wake her up first...

Hwæt! "Douglas W \"Popeye\" Frederick"
<Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com>, men ne cunnon secgan to soðe:

>, 1993)
>
>, 1992)
>
> 1993)
>
> 1984)
>
> 1988)

> etc

Douggy's too stupid and lazy to find current information

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Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
> http://www.wavaw.ca/informed_stats.php
>
> 1. Four out of five female undergraduates surveyed at Canadian universities
> said that they had been victims of violence in a dating relationship. Of
> that number, 29% reported incidents of sexual assault. (W. DeKeseredy and K.
> Kelly, "The Incidence and Prevalence of Woman Abuse in Canadian University
> and College Dating Relationships: Results From a National Survey," Ottawa:
> Health Canada, 1993)
>
> 2. A survey on date rape showed that 60% of Canadian college-aged males
> indicated that they would commit sexual assault if they were certain they
> would not get caught. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence Against
> Women: A Manual for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario
> Institute for Studies in Education, 1992)
>
> 3. According to Statistics Canada, only 6% of all sexual assaults are
> reported to the police. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women
> Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)
>
> 4. Only 1% of all date rapes are reported to police. (Diana Russell, Sexual
> Exploitation: Rape, Child Abuse and Workplace Harassment, California: Sage
> Publishing, 1984)
>
> 5. Consistently acquaintance sexual assault is found to be the most
> underreported crime in Canada. (Robin Warshaw, I Never Called It Rape, 1988)
>
> 6. The majority of date and acquaintance rape victims are young women aged
> 16 to 24. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence Against Women: A Manual
> for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in
> Education, 1992)
>
> 7. A 1993 survey found that one-half of all Canadian women have experienced
> at least one incident of sexual or physical violence. Almost 60% of these
> women were the targets of more than one violent incidents. (Statistics
> Canada, "The Violence Against Women Survey," The Daily, November 18, 1993)
>
> 8. Statistics show one in four Canadian women will be sexually assaulted
> during her lifetime. ( J. Brickman and J. Briere, "Incidence of Rape and
> Sexual Assault in an Urban Canadian Population," The International Journal
> of Women's Studies, Vol. 7, no. 3, 1984)
> In BC, sexual assault is twice the national average: Almost 1 out of 2 women
> in British Columbia have been sexually assaulted (47%). (D. Kinnon, "Report
> on Sexual Assault in Canada," Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of
> Women, Ottawa, 1981)
>
> 9. Most women who are sexually assaulted know their attackers. In fact
> approximately 80% are assaulted by men known to them in some capacity. (D.
> Kinnon, "Report on Sexual Assault in Canada, Canadian Advisory Council on
> the Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)
>
> 10. Research indicates that a shocking number of young men and women believe
> that it is okay to coerce a woman to have sex. In a Toronto study, 31% of
> males and 22% of females said yes when asked, "If a girl engages in necking
> or petting and she lets things get out of hand, is it her own fault if her
> partner forces sex on her?" Another study found that 60% of Canadian
> college-aged males said they would commit sexual assault if they were
> certain they would not get caught. (Helen Lenskyj, "An Analysis of Violence
> Against Women: A Manual for Educators and Administrators," Toronto: Ontario
> Institute for Studies in Education, 1992)
>
> 11. A study of 304 Toronto secondary school students found that one-fifth of
> the young women had experienced at least one form of assault in a dating
> relationship. (Shirley Mercer, Not a Pretty Picture: An Exploratory Study of
> Violence Against Women in Dating Relationships, Toronto: Education Wife
> Assault, 1987)
>
> 12. Statistics Canada indicates that women are physically injured in 11% of
> sexual assaults. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women Survey,"
> The Daily, November 18, 1993)[***see below]
>
> 13. The effects of sexual assault on a woman's mental health and well-being
> can be just as serious as physical injuries. 9 out of 10 incidents of
> violence against women have an emotional effect on the victim. The most
> commonly reported effects are anger, fear and becoming more cautious and
> less trusting. (Statistics Canada, "The Violence Against Women Survey," The
> Daily, November 18, 1993)
>
> 14. Assaults on women with disabilities can trigger severe physical
> reactions. A woman with epilepsy may have a seizure, a woman with cerebral
> palsy may develop even more unclear speech, or a woman with diabetes may go
> into insulin shock. (DisAbled Women's Network(DAWN), Violence Against Women
> With Disabilities, Toronto: DAWN)
>
> 15. In one study, women gave the following reasons for not reporting
> incidents of sexual assault:
>
> belief that the police could do nothing about it (50%)
>
> concern about the attitude of both police and the courts towards sexual
> assault (44%)
>
> fear of another assault by the offender (33%)
>
> fear and shame (64%)
>
> Women who have been sexually assaulted often fear that if they report a
> sexual assault they will be revictimized by the justice system.
> (Solicitor General of Canada, "Canadian Urban Victimization Survey,"
> Bulletin 4: Female Victims of Crime, Ottawa, 1985)
>
> 16. More than 80% of rapes that occur on university and college campuses are
> committed by someone the victim knows, and 50% occur on dates. Many of these
> assaults happen during the first eight weeks of classes. (University of
> Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )
>
> 17. 15% to 30% of university women report experiencing acquaintance rape.
> (University of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )
>
> 18. Studies conducted in 1995 at the University of Victoria estimate that
> between 1 in 6 and 1 in 4 women have experienced sexual assault during their
> university career. (University of Victoria Sexual Assault Centre)
>
> 19. False accusations of rape happen no more often than false reports of
> other types of crime: about 2 to 4%, which means that 96 to 98% of reports
> are true. (University of Alberta - 'Sexual Assault and the Law in Canada' )
> 20. Almost 1 out of 2 women in British Columbia have been sexually
> assaulted(47%). (D. Kinnon, "Report on Sexual Assault in Canada," Canadian
> Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Ottawa, 1981)
>
>
> Rape Hotline 1 877 392 7583 (for that charged cellphone)
> ===============================
> Statistics Sheet:
> Violence Against Women Partners
>
>
> In July 2000, Statistics Canada released results from the 1999 General
> Social Survey on Victimization (Bunge and Levett 2000). This survey measured
> spousal violence on a smaller scale than the 1993 Violence Against Women
> Survey (VAWS), the first ever national study on violence against women in
> this country. The results from VAWS, along with statistics from other
> studies, are now used in annual reports on family violence that assist us in
> understanding the prevalence of and trends in violence against women in
> Canada. These studies unfortunately do not address the incidence and
> prevalence of violence against women partners in visible minority and
> immigrant communities (see McDonald 1999).
>
> The statistics below are taken from these reports and other studies.
>
> In 1999, more than 27,000 cases of spousal violence were reported to police
> departments across the country. Eighty-seven percent of the victims were
> women. (Bunge and Levett 2000, 21)
>
>
> In 1996, approximately 80% of victims of criminal harassment were women.
> Over half of all female victims of criminal harassment were harassed by
> ex-spouses or other intimate partners. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 3)
>
>
> Between 1979 and 1998, 1468 women were killed by their husbands, compared
> with 433 men killed by their wives. (Statistics Canada 2000, 6)
>
>
> In 1996, 49% of family homicides involved spouses. (Bunge and Levett 1998,
> 28)
>
>
> In 1996, in 56% of all spousal homicides, investigating officers had
> knowledge of previous domestic violence between victims and suspects. (Bunge
> and Levett 1998, 32)
>
>
> In reported incidents of assault against woman partners in 1996, 72% of
> women were assaulted by a current spouse, and 28% were assaulted by a former
> or estranged spouse. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 6)
>
>
> According to the Violence Against Women Survey (VAWS), 29% of ever married
> women have been assaulted by their partners at least once. (Statistics
> Canada 1993, 4)
>
>
> According to the VAWS, 16% of women interviewed reported being kicked, hit,
> beaten, sexually assaulted or having a gun or knife used against them; 11%
> reported being pushed, shoved or slapped; 2% reported only threats or having
> something thrown at them. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 10)
>
>
> Of women who indicated that they had been victims of spousal violence in the
> VAWS, only 26% had reported an incident to police. (Statistics Canada 1993,
> 7) The 1999 General Social Survey found that in the five year period prior
> to the survey, 37% of women who had been victims of spousal violence had
> reported an incident to police (Statistics Canada 2000, 5)
>
>
> Women are three times as likely to report the incident(s) to police if their
> children witnessed violence against them, four times more likely if a weapon
> was used against them, and five times more likely to call the police if they
> feared for their lives. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 11)
>
>
> Most women interviewed in the VAWS did not call the police for protection or
> help in ending the violence. This included: 57% of women who were injured by
> their partners, 51% of women who were assaulted more than ten times, and
> almost half of all abused women who feared for their lives. (Bunge and
> Levett 1998, 11)
>
>
> Twelve percent of Canadian women aged 18-24 reported at least one incident
> of violence by an intimate partner in a one-year period, compared with the
> national average of 3% of all married or cohabiting women. (Bunge and Levett
> 1998, 14)
>
>
> There is a fourfold difference in rates of violence against women living in
> common-law relationships compared with women in registered marriages (9% and
> 2%, respectively). (Bunge and Levett 1998, 14)
>
>
> Thirty-five percent of all women interviewed in the VAWS who had ever been
> married or lived with a man in a common-law relationship had been subjected
> to some form of emotional abuse. This can include: verbal attacks, ridicule,
> isolation from family and friends, jealousy and unwarranted accusations
> about infidelity, possessiveness, damage to or destruction of property,
> torture or killing of pets, and threats to harm children or other family
> members. (Bunge and Levett 1998,15)
>
>
> Three quarters of Canadian women who were assaulted or threatened also
> described their partners as controlling in one or more ways. (Bunge and
> Levett 1998, 15)
>
>
> Seventeen percent of women in an intact relationship reported some form of
> emotional abuse. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 15)
>
>
> The VAWS found that women in violent relationships were twice as likely to
> have witnessed their own fathers assaulting their mothers and were three
> times as likely as women in non-violent relationships to state that their
> spouse had witnessed violence as a child. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 16)
>
>
> Fifty-one percent of violent partners were usually drinking at the time of
> the assaults. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 16)
>
>
> In a Canada-wide "snapshot" taken on May 31, 1995, there were 2361 women
> accompanied by 2217 children living in shelters across the country. Four out
> of five women were there to escape an abusive situation, the majority from
> abuse by a current partner (64%) or ex-partner (21%). (Bunge and Levett
> 1998, 18)
>
>
> In the twelve months prior to this "snapshot" taken on May 31, 1995, 365
> shelters across Canada recorded over 85,000 admissions. On a typical day,
> they receive approximately 3000 requests from non-residents. (Bunge and
> Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> The majority of women who entered a shelter were victims of physical abuse
> (70%). Almost half of the women reported threats of abuse, and one fifth had
> experienced sexual abuse. (These numbers add up to more than 100% because
> many women experienced multiple forms of abuse.) (Bunge and Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> Twenty-five percent of women who entered shelters in 1995 had injuries that
> required medical attention, and 3% required hospitalization. (Bunge and
> Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> One third of women entering shelters in 1995 reported the incident to
> police. (Bunge and Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> Although shelter residents are often the most severely abused women, charges
> were laid in only 56% of the cases that were reported to the police. (Bunge
> and Levett 1998, 19)
>
>
> Two thirds of women admitted to a shelter in 1995 were under the age of 35,
> while less than five percent were over 55 years of age. (Bunge and Levett
> 1998, 19)
>
>
> Women who are between 15 and 19 years of age are twice as likely as older
> women to be killed in a violent marriage. (Wilson and Daly 1994, 10)
>
>
> Forty-two percent of women with disabilities have been or are in abusive
> relationships. (DisAbled Women's Network 1989)
>
>
> Eight in ten Aboriginal women in Ontario reported having personally
> experienced violence. (Ontario Native Women's Association 1989, 7)
>
>
> Between 75% and 90% of women in some northern Aboriginal communities are
> battered. (Dumont-Smith and Sioui Labelle 1991, 18)
>
>
> Immigrant and refugee women often stay in abusive relationships because of
> isolation, few economic resources, a lack of employment or underemployment
> and language barriers. (Bhola and Nelson 1990, C-4)
>
>
> Fear of deportation and fear of the police often keep immigrant and refugee
> women from reporting domestic violence.(Bhola and Nelson 1990, B-35)

That's an impressive list of statistics. I'm not sure what your point
is, though. I see you're still sniping about the cell phone, so I am
assuming that there was supposed to be something in there that made me
think. ?

kari



>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Popeye
> When a dog pisses on a fire hydrant,
> He's not committing an act of vandalism,
> He's just being a dog
> www.finalprotectivefire.com

"Kari" <karibelle2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1168879777.424147.267480@m58g2000cwm.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
>> http://www.wavaw.ca/informed_stats.php

> That's an impressive list of statistics. I'm not sure what your point
> is, though. I see you're still sniping about the cell phone, so I am
> assuming that there was supposed to be something in there that made me
> think. ?
>
> kari


GO WATCH THE FILM.

Even without the film, we've been discussing rape long enough that the
context of displaying statistics that show it to be relatively commonplace
(some would say epidemic) in your country shouldn't be a big mystery.

Why such a high rate?

Pick one, or add your own.

1) Canadian chicks are prudes, guys in desperate need.

2) Canadian dudes not too afraid of arm-ripping defense

3) Guys know Canadian chicks will be unarmed, submissive prey.

4)...

--
Popeye
When a dog pisses on a fire hydrant,
He's not committing an act of vandalism,
He's just being a dog
www.finalprotectivefire.com

>
> That's an impressive list of statistics. I'm not sure what your point
> is, though. I see you're still sniping about the cell phone, so I am
> assuming that there was supposed to be something in there that made me
> think. ?
>
> kari
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>> Popeye
>> When a dog pisses on a fire hydrant,
>> He's not committing an act of vandalism,
>> He's just being a dog
>> www.finalprotectivefire.com
>
>
that's a possibility

Hwæt! "Douglas W \"Popeye\" Frederick"
<Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com>, soðe:

> Even without the film, we've been discussing rape long enough
> that the
> context of displaying statistics that show it to be relatively
> commonplace (some would say epidemic)

Douggy demonstrates that he's an ignorant moron.

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