Pointing out that men are sometimes the victims of domestic abuse does not undermine women in abusive situations. Do you mean to say that the focus should remain on women in abusive situations solely because the greater percentage of abuse incidents are by men against women? Why can’t we approach two sides of the same problem at the same time?

You assume that when men see facts and figures showing that sometimes men get abused, they will hate women for it, and thus such publications lead to abuse. Would you say the same of when women see publications showing that women are the primary targets of abuse? Do they lead to the abuse of men?

And it’s the same sort of problem I have with men’s rights groups.

They’re so quick to point out that women can also be abusive – but they do it in a way that downplays violence against women.

There is far more violence against women than men, so pointing out men who get abused by women is pointing out something that is significantly less prevalent and undermines women in abusive situations.

And also can lead to misogyny just as Lydia pointed out above, which leads to abuse of women.

I think the feminist backlash and men’s rights groups that bring up this stuff are less concerned with the actual abuse and more concerned with the dwindling male privilege.

Oh: Can you tell me what that FES thing from Chile is?