Can we have a discussion on this article?

[Joel thakkar]

13. I think we can all agree

that Domestic Violence is bad - no matter it is done by man or woman..


'The rate at which women kill their intimate partners has decreased by nearly 50 percent" - It is actually 46%. I know that you wrote nearly but why claim 4% difference just to prove your point more? In the report, the same rate for women is at 35%. Also You can mention that the data is from 1993-2007. In the same PDF, it is mentioned that rate decreased upto 67% from 1993-2010...but they have not provided with separate calculation for males and females. It is almost 2014 here. Thus, no accurate data is available for the last 6 years.

"it is actually men who have largely benefited from policies" - A better thing should be it is actually both abused men and women who have benefited from policies.

The fact that domestic violence is under-reported makes a definite need for the law. However, it would be better if they had named the law "Violence Against Men and Women Act". I agree that in majority of the domestic violence case, it is a woman who is the victim but a small minority of men victim should not be ignored. It is a well known fact that men usually becomes a laughing stock in the society when he reports about domestic violence.

There is not a wide-spread false reporting of domestic violence but why should even 1 person who is not guilty should spend his/her life in jail. Thus, more provisions to catch false reporting and punish the false reporter should be included.