There are more than 1 million instances of fraudulent domestic abuse claims every year. Also, somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of all domestic violence is committed by women upon men, and it happens at all levels of seriousness.
"Domestic and intimate partner violence occurs in epidemic proportions, affecting an estimated 6.2 million American women each year, causing injury that is more serious to women than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined (Department of Justice (DOJ), 2008). It is estimated that at least 4 million women experience a serious assault by an intimate male partner during an average 12-month period. In fact, nearly 95 percent of domestic violence victims are women (DOJ, 2008).
And your claim about rape is nowhere near accurate. More than 20% of rape claims are false claims.
Says you, but not according to the American Prosecutor's Research Institute. Claims of inflated instances of false reporting are largely based on studies using unscientific methodology and often biased or careless reporting by police departments in instances where cases are unsubstantiated or victims decline to cooperate often because of fear of repercussions or the very real fear they will be dragged through the mud and won't be believed. They state on review these studies all begin to fall into the 2-8% range.
The statistics don't back you up, at all. However, I'm not going to drag this thread down further than it's already gone by continuing down this path. Suffice it to say that your "devil's advocate" position is every bit as off as the positions you're claiming to be countering.
