Number of UK women convicted of domestic abuse doubles

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If we return to the original post, we see

Figures obtained from the [English] 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.

Actually, I make it a 267% increase.

The post continues,

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.

Now I don't believe for one second that violence by women has increased all of a sudden by so much. It might have increased a bit, but I believe it has always been there, hidden, ignored, denied.

I notice that some people think there is a growing culture of violence among women, but I'm not persuaded. I don't think domestic abuse is part of any culture but I do believe attitudes have changed so that men can begin to admit they are victims, and people are more prepared now than they were to admit women can commit acts of abuse. As the Chief Constable says (same post), "We know about more cases now because of better responses from police, multi-agencies and the voluntary sector and a shift in the societal view of the crime,"

The next question is, what is society going to do about it?