Quote Originally Posted by IAN 2411 View Post
By Hayley Cavill and Rachel Fursman BBC Radio 5 live

The number of women convicted of domestic violence in England and Wales has more than doubled in the past five years, an investigation by BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast has found.

Figures obtained from the Crown Prosecution Service showed that almost 4,000 women were successfully prosecuted in the past year, compared with 1,500 women in 2005, a 169% increase.

Some experts say it is a worrying sign of the growing culture of violence among women, while others believe that men are now more likely to report that they have been beaten up by their wives and girlfriends than in previous years.
I have posted on this once or twice once I got aware of it myself via a poster in my GP's room and looked for info on the net.

It looks like it is going the same way as with male domestic violence, once it did not exist, then it slowly - very slowly - became 'proper' to admit to, and finally to report to the police.

I agree it is bad that there aren't any shelters, and I hope that on the heels of this laws may be changed and attitudes too so also rape can be reported and dealt with.