#assaulter pv

[headstrongblake]

crimes.

bold what your muse has done. italicize what they would do. strikeout what they wouldn’t do

murder / manslaughter / assault / robbery / breaking & entering / theft / embezzlement / kidnapping / torture / blackmail / arson / trespassing / treason / libel or slander / obstruction of justice / lying to law enforcement / creation of a weapon / espionage / riot / escape from lawful custody / contempt of court / public intoxication / conspiracy / accessory to a crime / harboring a fugitive / bribery / perjury under oath / resisting arrest / identity theft / corporate fraud / tax fraud / document forgery / destruction of evidence / assassination / counterfeiting / sale of a controlled substance / purchase of a controlled substance / failure to pay child support / hacking crimes / threaten / pick-pocketing / shoplifting

tagged by : @myhiraeth​

[yuyumatsulily]

asagao in the gacha pv.

[thegreatcrowdragon]

Sm beams Gay Thoughts directly into pvs head constantly. It’s like discord but he can’t turn off the pings and is constantly being mentally assaulted by pictures of men kissing

[moonlitcourt]

sm kiss pv or you’re gay

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" How about i ask him to execute you for assault hm? You and I are strangers. You don't get to ask ME to do anything you PERVERT!! "

*Hes about to ask for the guards..*

[ STATUS; wants you killed, hostile, enemies. ]

[ STATUS; Shadow milk kicked him out of the room for this ask, has no clue what heck is happening]

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♧• Ciaran

[hirotheinkling]

do you think democracy in america is effective enough to invalidate resistance from oppressed communities? /gen

Hello. On this matter, it is up to these communities to come together to make their voices heard so that their conditions can be improved. The point I was trying to make on my PV poll (I assume that’s why you’re here) was that it was not justified on an interpersonal level (assaulting or murdering someone with merely different political views), and I apologize for not making that clear. I also admit that my take was a heavily flawed one.

[thatdykepunkslut]

Hi I'm sorry about being on anon and I promise this isnt bait or anything I'm just a coward. I'm just curious what your thoughts on this post are as a transfem? I'm transfem myself and I really don't know what to think about it so I'm hoping to hear some other opinions on it, and you tend to have well thought out/non-reactive opinions. I truat your thoughts on queer issues a lot more than some other blogs, anyways. Anyways here's the post:

https://www.tumblr.com/hellyesbro/759628547117744128/

(I don't recommend reading the linked post, in my opinion it's a vent post more than an actual argument to be had, honestly I'd remove the link if I could because I don't want PV getting harassed for it)

Idk, I'm not sure that's really the kind of post that's meant to be analyzed. I've been assaulted and I've had my HRT restricted (although not in the same way, I didn't come out or even think to experiment with clothing until I left home, I'm just currently too broke to afford my meds or appointments), but I don't think that comparing the two has any real value to me personally?

Like Power Violence's personal thoughts on the matter are valid, if that's how it feels than that's how it feels. I think it's reasonable for different forms of abuse to be ranked differently by different people, the only reason to universalize these is in order to establish "fair" punishment (I suppose with the exception of murder because the victim doesn't really have a say in how they rank that experience) and therefore I have no interest in objectifying that.

[kyledefoor]

Helmets/belt kit/armor;

1. Crye Precision JPC. Beat plate carrier ever IMO. I use a small assaulter bladder on the back. Used for RSO duty and demos in live fire shoot houses and live fire fire IMT.

2. Kifaru Steelhead chest rig. Used for lane walking MIL jobs and also for hunting. Also used for longer scoped rifle classes. The two elastic side pouches securely hold M4 magazines. Also a bladder pouch on the back since this is used without a pack typically only for a work day at a time.

3. Kifaru Rogan belt- used for any MIL/LE pistol job where the customer has a drop leg holster. Also used for OE pistol jobs in wet/cold weather. I wear this backwards to use the pouch for storing timers, markers, tools, food. Etc. Magazines held by High Speed Gear Tacos. Holster is a Blackhawk for the Staccato and Safariland for the Glock.

4. Ops Core Ballistic helmet- used for all NODs course and where required for live fire RSO stuff. I remove the side rails cause I wear my ear pro (also opscore) under my helmet and mount my light on Velcro. I get a better seal with the ears, thinner profile, lighter weight and my light can be used for umbrella as well as normal with multiple colors. NOD mount is always a Wilcox G24.

5. Crye Nightcap- used for all low vis and some OE NODs courses with a mono PVS-14. Slightly modified with a piece of bungee through the shroud, a V-Lite from S&S Precision and using and old army rhino mount to show they aren’t that bad with a mono.

#defoor #defoorproformanceshooting #kd4

[austinramsaygames]

My other tournament musings.

PREV / NEXT

I won another Alpha Strike tournament! This has me at 3 for 3! It was IlClan era (a first) at 150 PV with a weird twist: it had Aerospace units allowed AND the first one was half price!

Summaries of each match

The First Match

This was against a Kodiak, Supernova, and Viper in a capture the flag match. My plan was to stay out of LOS as much as possible and lure the two assault mechs away from their flag, then dive said flag with the Piranha before skeddadling away back to my deployment zone. I REALLY did not like my chances in actually trying to kill the two assaults. I put the Piranha up the centre, the Adder on the left, and the Incubus on the right keeping either LOS breaking hills or 3+ hexes worth of woods between them and the enemy.

Unfortunately I did not win a initiative even once the entire match and that was a huge problem for my very squishy list. The Sabutai alleviated that a bit since Aerospace move after all mechs have gone so I still had some say in the final move. When I did finally manage to draw the two assaults away and dive the flag, I knew the Viper would be able to jump behind the Piranha at short range but I hoped the TMM 4 would protect it (the TMM did not protect it).

After the Piranha died I pretty much figured that I had lost the match because I wouldn't be able to grab the flag now and didn't think I would be able to kill the assault mechs. What ended up happening was it became a brawl. I baited the assault mechs further away with the Adder while the Sabutai and Incubus killed the Viper. Then the Incubus started working on the assaults from behind with the Sabutai helping while the Adder slowly died (slowly due to some bad dice rolls from my opponent). In the end it came down to my Incubus and the Supernova at short range with everything else dead. The dice favoured me for my boldness and my Incubus remained standing on the very last turn.

The Second Match

This was a scenario with 5 points that had to be held to score at the end of the round: 2 on each side's half of the board and the 5th in the very middle. Since the objectives got scored every turn it meant that I NEEDED to hold the objectives on my side of the board. So the first turn my Incubus and Adder sat on my objectives while the Piranha dived onto the centre one that my opponent couldn't reach with his Locust. I knew I couldn't hold any single point with the Piranha, so after he moved up his Wolverine to take it, I then dove his back left objective where his Locust had moved to hold it and the Warhammer that previously held it had moved up. This gave a nice little space where neither could shoot at the Piranha, which wiped out the Locust AND scored on my opponent's objective while he got the centre. The whole time the Sabutai was whittling away at the Warhammer and Phoenix Hawk, while the Incubus and Adder worked on the Wolverine.

After Scoring that point the Warhammer turned around to reclaim its point, so the Piranha ran away to finish off the Phoenix Hawk and the Sabutai went back to the Warhammer. The rest of the board was far less dynamic as the Wolverine, Adder, and Incubus all shifted one hex to get their TMM while remaining on the objective and trying to get partial cover and woods protection.

With the Phoenix Hawk dead the Piranha moved to score on my foe's back right objective while also getting a rear shot on the Wolverine which was still trading shots with the Adder and Incubus. The Sabutai managed to kill the Warhammer as it took a last shot at the jet that had been harassing it all match. The final turn saw all four of my units ganging up on the Wolverine and clearing the board.

The Final Match

This was a stand up fight against a Nova, Executioner, and Warhammer (odd to see a normal Warhammer with two Clan mechs). In a turn of fate opposite to the first match I won initiative every single round in this game which was EXTREMELY useful for my speedy little guys.

Like in the last match the Sabutai whittled away at the Warhammer while the Piranha got behind the enemy line for back shots at short range, the Adder plinked away at long range, and the Incubus traded fire at medium range. I methodically worked through the foe with my forces; first the Warhammer fell, then the Nova (trading itself for the Incubus), until it was just the Executioner. My opponent knew that there was no way he could get his hands on the Piranha since I kept winning initiative, but we played out the match until the assault mech fell.

SUCCESSES

Winning Initiative. This is just luck but I was the one who took advantage of the opportunity it presented by diving my Incubus and Piranha when I had the opportunity.

Taking advantage of the half price Aerospace. Only one other player brought Aerospace which meant that I effectively had an extra 31 PV over all of my opponents. The Sabutai did a great job dealing out damage even with just staying on dealing Strikes the whole time. That 7 damage at Medium is no joke, and hitting TMM1 targets was pretty devastating. Aerospace is also very versatile. While I only did one Strafe, I could have used it more if there were better opportunities or brought bombs if I was more worried about high TMM low health units.

Increasing Skill to 3. This was the first tournament where all my units had Skill 3 and it felt great. It was a slight bonus but it made even Long range attacks feel viable since it meant hitting TMM1 units in the open on 8s.

MISPLAYS

Relying on TMM4 at short range. I didn't really have much option when I dove the flag with the Piranha because I had to leave it in the open to grab the objective and the Viper with 16"j movement would be able to get just about anywhere. I thought the high TMM and my foe's jump penalty would protect it, but it was hitting on 10s and was rolling like 7 damage. It only needed 3 of those to hit, and it got them.

Not diving the Incubus with the Piranha. This one is a little trickier. The very low PV of the match means that I was never going to have a lot of units but taking Clan mechs and an Aerospace unit meant I was going to be few in number AND low health. In the second match I had to leave the Incubus on its objective and that ended up working out ok, but in the other two matches it should have backed up the Piranha as one of the two died because it didn't. It would have been great to have pairs like in previous tournaments but the PV limit just didn't allow it.

LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS

Making use of bait. I learned this accidentally with the Hatchetman in my first tournament. The Adder only had TMM2 so was a more enticing target than the TMM3 Incubus and TMM4 Piranha, so I used it to draw fire and movement away from the other two, both of which did more damage. It also helped that the Adder had the same damage regardless of range so I didn't mind keeping it at Long and in the open to make it seem like a better target than the Incubus at Medium in woods. Its 4 armor and 2 structure helped it weather this tactic.

SURPRISES

Aerospace is more fragile than VTOLs. I was surprised at how fragile the Sabutai ended up being. I pretty much kept it at medium altitude so most attacks against it and by it were at medium range, so it was almost always getting hit on 8s. Not such a big deal against enemies that had 4 or less damage at medium, but I was trying to go for the low TMM targets with it and those often had 5+ damage (the Kodiak with 7 was very scary). VTOLs feel like they should be about as tough, but they often have TMM4 AND a bonus for being VTOLs, while Aerospace are all just TMM2.

This tournament didn't feel as satisfying to win. I think all of my opponents were quite new to Alpha Strike so that certainly contributed but the small PV size and boards also meant that the games were less dynamic. I DID win an IWM Lightning which is neat! Looks like it could be pretty scary for Classic Battletech!

[purgemarchlockdown]

Currently reading the Milgram Tv tropes page cause I enjoy reading TVtropes whenever I'm bored and listing off some of my favorite things about it

-Looking in the YMMV section to see "Woobie" "Amane, the youngest of the prisoners, quickly became loved and pitied by the fans." and then 'Immediately after the release of her MV, an overwhelming majority of votes were in favor of forgiving her (although things turned out very diffrnetly)" fucking broke me. I don't even know why but seeing "loved and pitied" and "Turned out very differently" fucked me up for some reason.

-For some reason even though the Puerto Rico quote is in the memetic mutation section of YMMV it Isnt the Funny section even though two other quotes from Blessedness and Punishment are there. Which honestly just proves how funny Amane and Es as a duo are, good for them, Im this close to making an account just to add the quote in the funny section.

-It's really funny seeing "Cold Blooded Torture: Defied" and then the trope talking about how Es chooses not handle the prisoners with violence, and then quote where they say they wont...after having them assault the prisoners in each VD.

-Seeing: "The Friends who never hang" and then "Haruka and Amane are the only two prisoners who have never had a one-on-one conversation" and then mentioning how its justified because Haruka is scared of children is just- I love it when tvtropes people list something that Isnt the trope and then just add justified or subverted to it lol.

-The Tough Love trope is a fucking wonderful dissection of the Amane T1 Voting situation, linking the trope "Be careful what you wish for" in reference to the audience using "tough love" to help her, as it talks about how on "she just doubled down her belief that she didn't do right by her peers and denies herself even simple luxuries like cake. It doesn't help that she had already gotten subjected to Tough Love by her "teachers", if the "Magic" PV is anything to go by." There is Repressed Anger here and its hilarious to me.

-There's a section in the character sheets page about how the pairs foil. I dont thing I agree with most of the conclusions made but putting Fuuta and Muu down as "the bully and the bullied" Fits pretty well I think. It also lists Mikoto and Kotoko as "righteousness and awareness" and Shidou and Mahiru as "love and martyrdom" which is fun.

-I read Amane's character page and I would like to say that the people who put "The dog bites back" should of changed "dog" to "cat" I know you can do this with tropes, I've read enough pages on this website.

-Also I straight up never noticed that an Organ was the instrument used in the punishment section of Magic until the TVTropes page pointed it out

-It's really cute to see "Motor Mouth" and "Not So Above it All" listed for her, let this girl talk about her hyperfixations fr.

-Amane's Cat has its own page! I would like to say that both Amane and the cat should have the "Amusing Injuries" listed in their pages and- oh my god is this what gets to me get a TVTropes account-

-Also in the cult leaders section they mention that Riyone has "Rabbit like" ears in her Magic depiction and I Just- will note that down thanks.

[keeperofthecookies]

Aww, pure vanilla is the soft boy friend, white lily is the shy one, and they are like the parents to the chaotic Hollyberry and Golden cheese and Dark cacao is the angsty cousin-

NO!

Pure Vanilla and White Lily are both fucking gremlins. Pure Vanilla got them anger issues and no self preservation and will throw himself at a swarm of bees because he wanted to pet them. White Lily is a criminal, even before she became DE. She was doing illegal shit ever since the Blueberry academy, and has several assault records where she would lunge onto other students and bite their legs like the fucking gremlin she is.

Hollyberry was the sensible one. Given when she met the others, she was the only offical royal. She made sure they ate and slept, and cared for them after they jumped into lava to grab a bug. Though yes, she could be swayed into having fun and was overly upbeat. She was the mother of the group.

Now okay, nothing about Dark Cacao changed form the first part. He is the angsty cousin friend. Emo, lightweight, like Pv and WL, no self preservation. Has lit himself on fire to feel anything. Actually he was pretty chaotic in a shy way. Would purposely be the one to jump off a cliff because why not. (He would still do this, even as the stoic king he is)

Golden Cheese was also kind of the shy one when she were young. But very curious about everything. So very oblivious and nosey. Would chase after random things and get lost. She ain’t like that now. Now she is the gremlin friend. Pulls pranks on everyone, hordes gold like it’s the last piece of cheese on earthbread. She has and will dance upon other people graves.

Of course from how they were when they were young, versus how they are now, changed heavily due to the cookies of earthbread needing them to be heroes. Lily lost her spark that made her the chaotic gremlin they were all used to. Pure Vanilla become much softer spoken, wouldn’t make his opinions know if they would hurt others. Not like how he would when he was young. Hollyberry grew louder more out there. She had to be a beacon of love and joy, or the point of her soul jam being a heart would be all for nought.

Golden cheese is now well, cheese. She just became a gremlin.

And Dark Cacao………. Eh nothing really changed.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

FACTS AND STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT-A-GLANCE

Spon.sored by the peer-reviewed journal Partner Abuse https://www.springerpub.com/partner-abuse.html 

and the Association of Domestic Violence Intervention Providers https://domesticviolenceintervention.net/

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Facts and Statistics on Prevalence of Partner Abuse

Victimization

Overall, 22% of individuals assaulted by a partner at least once in their lifetime (23% for females and 19.3% for  males)

Higher overall rates among dating students

Higher victimization for male than female high school students

Lifetime rates higher among women than men

Past year rates somewhat higher among men

Higher rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) among younger, dating populations “highlights the need for school-based IPV prevention and intervention efforts”

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Perpetration

Overall, 25.3% of individuals have perpetrated IPV

Rates of female-perpetrated violence higher than male-perpetrated (28.3% vs. 21.6%)

Wide range in perpetration rates:  1.0% to 61.6% for males; 2.4% to 68.9% for women,

Range of findings due to variety of samples and operational definitions of PV

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Emotional Abuse and Control

80% of individuals have perpetrated emotional abuse

Emotional abuse categorized as either expressive (in response to a provocation) or coercive (intended to monitor, control and/or threaten)

Across studies, 40% of women and 32% of men reported expressive abuse; 41% of women and 43% of men reported coercive abuse

According to national samples, 0.2% of men and 4.5% of women have been forced to have sexual intercourse by a partner

4.1% to 8% of women and 0.5% to 2% of men report at least one incident of stalking during their lifetime

Intimate stalkers comprise somewhere between one-third and one half of all stalkers.

Within studies of stalking and obsessive behaviors, gender differences are much less when all types of obsessive pursuit behaviors are considered, but more skewed toward female victims when the focus is on physical stalking

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Facts and Statistics on Context

Bi-directional vs. Uni-directional

Among large population samples, 57.9% of IPV reported was bi-directional, 42% unidirectional; 13.8% of the unidirectional violence was male to female (MFPV), 28.3% was female to male (FMPV)

Among school and college samples, percentage of  bidirectional violence was 51.9%; 16.2% was MFPV and 31.9% was FMPV

Among respondents reporting IPV in legal or female-oriented clinical/treatment seeking samples not associated with the military, 72.3% was bi-directional; 13.3% was MFPV, 14.4% was FMPV

Within military and male treatment samples, only 39% of IPV was bi-directional; 43.4% was MFPV and 17.3% FMPV

Unweighted rates:  bidirectional rates ranged from 49.2% (legal/female treatment) to 69.7% (legal/male treatment)

Extent of bi-directionality in IPV comparable between heterosexual and LGBT populations

50.9% of IPV among Whites bilateral; 49% among Latinos; 61.8% among African-Americans

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Motivation

Male and female IPV perpetrated from similar motives – primarily to get back at a partner for emotionally hurting them, because of stress or jealousy, to express anger and other feelings that they could not put into words or communicate, and to get their partner’s attention.

Eight studies directly compared men and women in the power/control motive and subjected their findings to statistical analyses. Three reported no significant gender differences and one had mixed findings. One paper found that women were more motivated to perpetrate violence as a result of power/control than were men, and three found that men were more motivated; however, gender differences were weak

Of the ten papers containing gender-specific statistical analyses, five indicated that women were significantly more likely to report self-defense as a motive for perpetration than men. Four papers did not find statistically significant gender differences, and one paper reported that men were more likely to report this motive than women.  Authors point out that it might be particularly difficult for highly masculine males to admit to perpetrating violence in self-defense, as this admission implies vulnerability.

Self-defense was endorsed in most samples by only a minority of respondents, male and female.  For non-perpetrator samples, the rates of self-defense reported by men ranged from 0% to 21%, and for women the range was 5% to 35%.  The highest rates of reported self-defense motives (50% for men, 65.4% for women) came from samples of perpetrators, who may have reasons to overestimate this motive.

None of the studies reported that anger/retaliation was significantly more of a motive for men than women’s violence; instead, two papers indicated that anger was more likely to be a motive for women’s violence as compared to men.

Jealousy/partner cheating seems to be a motive to perpetrate violence for both men and women.

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Facts and Statistics on Risk Factors

Demographic risk factors predictive of IPV:  younger age, low income/unemployment, minority group membership

Low to moderate correlations between childhood-of-origin exposure to abuse and IPV

Protective factors against dating violence:  Positive, involved parenting during adolescence, encouragement of nonviolent behavior; supportive peers

Negative peer involvement predictive of teen dating violence

Conduct disorder/anti-social personality risk factors for IPV

Weak association between depression and IPV, strongest for women

Weak association overall between alcohol and IPV, but stronger association for drug use

Alcohol use more strongly associated with female-perpetrated than male-perpetrated IPV

Married couples at lower risk than dating couples; separated women the most vulnerable

Low relationship satisfaction and high conflict predictive of IPV, especially high conflict

With few exception, IPV risk factors the same for men and women

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Facts and Statistics on Impact on Victims, Children and Families

Impact on Partners

Victims of physical abuse experience more physical injuries, poorer physical functioning and health outcomes, higher rates of psychological symptoms and disorders, and poorer cognitive functioning compared to non-victims.  These findings were consistent regardless of the nature of the sample, and, with some exceptions were generally greater for female victims compared to male victims.

Physical abuse significantly decreases female victims’ psychological well-being, increases the probability of suffering from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance abuse; and victimized women more likely to report visits to mental health professionals and to take medications including painkillers and tranquilizers.

Few studies have examined the consequences of physical victimization in men, and the studies that have been conducted have focused primarily on sex differences in injury rates.

When severe aggression has been perpetrated (e.g., punching, kicking, using a weapon), rates of injury are much higher among female victims than male victims, and those injuries are more likely to be life-threatening and require a visit to an emergency room or hospital. However, when mild-to-moderate aggression is perpetrated (e.g., shoving, pushing, slapping), men and women tend to report similar rates of injury.

Physically abused women have been found to engage in poorer health behaviors and risky sexual behaviors. They are more likely to miss work, have fewer social and emotional support networks are also less likely to be able to take care of their children and perform household duties.

Similarly, psychological victimization among women is significantly associated with poorer occupational functioning and social functioning.

Psychological victimization is strongly associated with symptoms of depression and suicidal ideation, anxiety, self-reported fear and increased perceived stress, insomnia and poor self-esteem

Psychological victimization is at least as strongly related as physical victimization to depression, PTSD, and alcohol use as is physical victimization, and effects of psychological victimization remain even after accounting for the effects of physical victimization.

Because research on the psychological consequences of abuse on male victims is very limited and has yielded mixed findings (some studies find comparable effects of psychological abuse across gender, while others do not) it is premature to draw any firm conclusions about this issue.

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Effects of Partner Violence and Conflict on Children

Significant correlation between witnessing mutual PV and both internalizing (e.g., anxiety, depression) and externalizing outcomes (e.g., school problems, aggression) for children and adolescents

Exposure to male-perpetrated PV:  Worse outcomes in internalizing and externalizing problems, including higher rates of aggression toward family members and dating partners, compared to no exposure

Children and teens exposed to female-perpetrated PV significantly more likely to aggress against peers, family members and dating partners compared to those not so exposed

Results mixed regarding additive effect of exposure to PV and experiencing direct child abuse

Witnessing PV in childhood correlated with trauma symptoms and depression in adulthood

Child abuse correlated with family violence perpetration in adulthood

Children more impacted by exposure to conflict characterized by contempt, hostility and withdrawal compared to those characterized only by anger

Greater impact when topic discussed concerns the child (e.g., disagreements over child rearing, blaming the child)

High inter-parental conflict/emotional abuse leads to a decrease in parental sensitivity, warmth and consistent discipline; and an increase in harsh discipline and psychological control

Neurobiological and physical functioning mediate relationship between inter-parental conflict and negative child outcomes

Maternal behaviors somewhat more affected than paternal behaviors, but findings are equivocal, given difficulty in disaggregating male and female perpetrated conflict from couple level operationalizations

Greater effects found for mother-child relationships and child outcomes through the toddler years; greater effects found for father-child relationships and child outcomes during the school-age years

Family systems theory useful in understanding how discord in one part of the family can impact functioning in the family as a whole, even if it poses some methodological and explanatory challenges

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Facts and Statistics on Partner Abuse in Other Populations

Partner Abuse in Ethnic Minority and LGBT Populations

African-Americans:  Older studies found higher rates of male-to-female partner violence (MFPV); recent studies have found higher rates of female-to-male partner violence (FMPV)

Psychological aggression reported at significantly higher rates than physical aggression

As with White populations, minor/moderate aggression far more prevalent among Black couples than severe aggression

In dating studies, no gender differences found in rates of physical or psychological victimization, but women reported higher rates of physical aggression than men

Latinos:  Mutual and minor/moderate PV most prevalent, but not as much as psychological aggression

No gender differences for physical or psychological aggression, except among migrant farm workers where MFPV was highest

Asian Americans:  The one general population study found percentage of mutual violence perpetration to be one-third of total

Overall rates of PV comparable across gender in large population, community and dating samples

Lowest rates found among Vietnamese, compared to respondents who identified as Filipino, Chinese or others of Asian descent

Native Americans:  Only three studies found; women reported higher rates of victimization than men, and reported higher levels of injuries incurred

Risk factors for ethnic minority PV include:  substance abuse, low SES, and violence exposure and victimization in childhood

LGBT populations:  Higher overall rates compared to heterosexual populations

Inconsistent findings regarding PV differences between same-sex subgroups

Risk factors for LGBT groups include discrimination and internalized homophobia

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Partner Abuse Worldwide

A total of 162 articles reporting on over 200 studies met the inclusion criteria and were summarized in the online tables for Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and the Caucasus.

A total of 40 articles (73 studies) in 49 countries contained data on both male and female IPV, with a total of 117 direct comparisons across gender for physical PV.

Rates of physical PV were higher for female perpetration /male victimization compared to male perpetration/female victimization, or were the same, in 73 of those comparisons, or 62%.

There were 54 comparisons made for psychological abuse including controlling behaviors and dominance, with higher rates found for female perpetration /male victimization, in 36 comparisons (67%).

Of the 19 direct comparisons made for sexual PV, rates were found to be higher for female perpetration /male victimization in 7comparisons (37%).

When only adult samples from large population and community surveys were considered, the overall percentage of partner abuse that was higher for female perpetration /male victimization compared to male perpetration/female victimization, or were the same, was found to be 44% for adult IPV, although in many comparisons, the differences were slight.

Studies reporting on female victimization only found the lowest rates for physical abuse victimization in a large population study in Georgia (2%, past year), and the highest in a community survey in Ethiopia (72.5% past year) On the higher end, rates of physical PV far exceed the average found in the United States.

The lowest rates of psychological victimization were found in large population study in Haiti (10.8% past year); highest was 98.7% in Bangkok, Thailand (past year).

Unlike physical IPV, the highest rates of psychological abuse throughout the world are about the same as those found in the United States (80%).

Rates of sexual abuse victimization differed widely across regions, with rates as low as 1% in Georgia (past year); highest rates were found in a study of secondary school students in Ethiopia (68%, lifetime)

Physical injuries were compared across gender in two studies.  As expected, abused women were found to experience higher rates of physical injuries compared to men.

Far more frequently mentioned were the psychological and behavioral effects of abuse, and these included PTSD symptomology, stress, depression, irritability, feelings of shame and guilt, poor self-esteem, flashbacks, sexual dissatisfaction and unwanted sexual behavior, changes in eating behavior, and aggression.

Two studies compared mental health symptoms across gender.  In Botswana, women were found to evidence significantly more of these than men; whereas in a clinical study in Pakistan male and female IPV victims suffered equally (60% of men and women reported depression, 67% anxiety.)

A variety of health-related outcomes were also found to be associated with IPV victimization, including overall poor physical health, more long-term illnesses, having to take a larger number of prescribed drugs, STDs, and disturbed sleeping patterns.  Abused mothers experienced poorer reproductive health, respiratory infections, induced abortion and complications during pregnancy; and in a few studies their children were found to experience diarrhea, fever and prolonged coughing.

The most common risk factors found in this review of IPV in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe have also been found to be significant risk factors in the U.S. and other English-speaking industrialized nations.

Most often cited are the risk factors related to low income household income and victim/perpetrator unemployment, at 36.  An almost equally high number of studies (35) reported victim’s low education level.  Alcohol and substance abuse by the perpetrator was a risk factor in 26 studies.  Family of origin abuse, whether directly experienced or witnessed, was cited in 18 studies.  Victim’s younger age was also a major risk factor, mentioned in 17 studies, and perpetrator’s low education level was mentioned in 16.

In contrast to the U.S., there is a much higher tolerance by both men and women for IPV in other parts of the world, with rates of approval depending on the country and the type of justification.

Regression analyses indicated that a country’s level of human development (as measured by HDI)  was not a significant predictor of male or female physical partner abuse perpetration.

Additional regression analyses indicated that a nation’s gender inequality level, as measured by the Gender Inequality Index (GII), was not predictive of either male or female perpetrated physical partner abuse or female-only victimization in studies conducted with general population or community samples.

Separate regression analyses on data from the IDVS with dating samples indicate that higher gender inequality levels significantly predict higher prevalence of male and female physical partner abuse perpetration. GII level explained the variance for 17% of male partner abuse and 19% of female partner abuse perpetration.

A final analysis examined the association between dominance by one partner and partner violence perpetrated against a partner in dating samples using data from the IDVS. Male dominance scores were not found to be predictive of male partner violence perpetration; however, female dominance scores explained 47% of the variance of female partner violence perpetration.

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Facts and Statistics on The Role of Law Enforcement and the Criminal Justice System

The Crime Control Effects of Criminal Sanctions

Possible causal mechanisms for the effectiveness of arrest and prosecution:  fear of sanctions and victim empowerment; however, because none of the reviewed studies adequately measure such mechanisms, review assumes a general crime control effect that is neutral about causal mechanisms

“Based upon the analyses and conclusions produced by these studies, we find that the most frequent outcome reported is that sanctions that follow an arrest for IPV have no effect on the prevalence of subsequent offending.  Among the minority of reported analyses that do report a statistically significant effect, two-thirds of the published findings show sanctions are associated with reductions in repeat offending and one third show sanctions are associated with increased repeat offending.”

Wide range of recidivism from 3.1% to 65.5% , due to high variability in measures of repeat offending (e.g., follow-up time frame)

Studies unclear about then exact nature of the sentence imposed, and what constitutes a “prosecution” or “conviction”

Diversity of analytic methods hinder analysis of effect sizes

Sample selection bias:  None of the studies address this issue; for instance, if a small number of low-risk cases are prosecuted, prosecuted offenders are more likely to re-offend compared to those not prosecuted, because of the selection process

Missing data:  Often leads to cases being dropped from a study, which in turns creates sample bias

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Gender and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Criminal Justice Decision Making

Female arrests affected by high SES, presence of weapons and witnesses

Women more likely than men to be cited rather than be taken into custody, but the gender discrepancy is less when a decision is made on whether to file charges as misdemeanors or felonies

Men are more likely than women to be convicted and to be given harsher sentences

“Males were consistently treated more severely at every stage of the prosecution process, particularly regarding the decision to prosecute, even when controlling for other variables (e.g., the presence of physical injuries) and when examined under different conditions.”

No conclusive evidence of discrimination against ethnic minority groups in either arrest, prosecution and sentencing

Dual arrests were more likely in same-sex couples compared to heterosexual couples, perhaps due to incorrect assumption by police that same-sex couples more likely to engage in mutual violence.

Protective orders far more likely to be granted, and with more restrictions to women than to men (particularly in cases involving less severe abuse histories)

Mock juries more likely to assign blame responsibility to male perpetrators in contrast to female perpetrators, even when presented with identical scenarios

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Effectiveness, Victim Safety, Characteristics and Enforcement of Protective Orders

A large percentage of women who are issued protective orders (POs) tend to be unemployed or under-employed as income ranged between $10,000 to $15,000, and almost 50% of women are financially dependent on their partners.

At least half of women obtaining POs are married, and married women are more likely to stay with their abusers and be pregnant.

Women who are issued POs tend to have more mental health issues (i.e., depression, PTSD) and rural women tend to experience more abuse and mental health issues than urban women

Only a few studies have examined characteristics of men seeking a PO

 “Effectiveness” defined as violations of protective orders (POs) and/or re-victimization

Some studies have found POs to reduce violence against victims, with an almost 80% reduction in violence reported to police

Victims report feeling safer and having greater psychological well-being after obtaining a protective order; still, POs violated at a rate of between 44% to 70%

Nearly 60% of women who had secured a PO reported to have subsequently been stalked

Severity of criminal charges on the offender, as well as previous violations, best predictors of new PO violations

Although there is no significant difference in the amount of abuse suffered by married and unmarried victims, married victims less likely to seek final protective orders, perhaps because they are more likely to be re-victimized

Women granted POs at significantly higher rates than men, especially in cases involving lower level violence

No gender differences in the enforcement of POs, and no differences in rates of recidivism 

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Facts and Statistics on Assessment and Treatment

Risk Assessment

Little agreement in the literature with regard to the most appropriate approach (actuarial, structured clinical judgment) nor which specific measure has the strongest empirical validation behind it, leaving clinicians and policy makers with little clear guidance

Review yielded studies reporting on the validity and reliability of eight IPV specific actuarial instruments and three general actuarial risk assessment measures.

Range of area under the curve (AUC) values reported for the validity of the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA) predicting recidivism was good to excellent (0.64 – 0.77)

The single study that reported on the Domestic Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (DVRAG) reported an AUC = 0.70 (p < .001). The inter-rater reliability for both instruments was excellent

The Domestic Violence Screening Inventory (DVSI) and Domestic Violence Screening Inventory – Revised (DVSI-R) were found to be good predictors of new family violence incidents and IPV recurrence (AUC range 0.61 – 0.71)

Three studies examined the Psychopathy Checklist – Revised (PCL-R) and Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG), neither of which are IPV specific, reporting AUCs ranging from 0.66 – 0.71 and 0.67 – 0.75, respectively.

The Level of Service Inventory – Revised (LSI-R) and Level of Service Inventory – Ontario Revision (LSI-OR) were discussed in four articles, reporting two AUC values of 0.50 and 0.73, both of which were predicting IPV recidivism

Two structured professional judgment instruments were included in the review, the Spousal Assault Risk Assessment guide (SARA) and the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER. The SARA research reports nine AUCs ranging from 0.52-0.65. The interrater reliability (IRR) for the SARA was excellent for total scores, good for the summary risk ratings, and poor for the critical items. Although neither of the articles examining the B-SAFER reported the predictive validity of the instrument one did report the IRR based on 12 cases with a mean interclass coefficient (ICC) of 0.57.

The Danger Assessment (DA) has the largest body of literature behind it, but there are limitations in the research that inhibit a clear determination of the psychometric properties of the measure, thus far. Victim appraisals of the risk of future IPV show some evidence of predictive accuracy; however, further research is needed to determine the best means with which to collect the victim’s reports and determining the conditions (e.g., stalking) and characteristics of victims that should be considered (e.g., PTSD, substance use).

Overall, the literature reveals moderate postdictive/predictive accuracy across measures with little evidence to support one as being highly superior to others, particularly given the heterogeneity of perpetrators and victims, study limitations, and the small body of empirical literature to date.

Several themes emerged when we examined the synthesized literature: (1) There is a relatively small body of empirical evidence evaluating IPV violence risk assessment measures. (2) The need for continued advancements in the methodological rigor of the research including prospective studies, research that compares multiple measures within single studies, and research that uses large samples and appropriate outcome indicators. In terms of clinical implications, the review demonstrates the considerable promise of several IPV risk assessment measures but generally reveals modest postdictive/predictive accuracy for most measures.

Victim appraisals, while the research has a considerable ways to go, were found to have clinical relevance. However, preliminary evidence suggests that clinicians may want to be particularly cautious when working with some sub-groups when taking into account victims’ perceptions (e.g., PTSD symptoms, substance use, stalking and severe abuse experienced) and supplement the woman’s input with an additional structured assessment.

When clinicians and administrators are faced with the challenge of determining which measure(s) to use to assess risk of IPV they should carefully consider the purpose of the assessment (Heilbrun, 2009). Assessors also should take into account the context, setting, and resources when evaluating which measure best suits their needs.

Consideration must be given to the characteristics of the population to be assessed (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status) and the extent to which a measure has been cross-validated in similar samples is required

Assessors need to be clear about the outcome of concern (verbal abuse, physical abuse, severe violence, stalking, femicide) and knowledgeable about relevant base rates

Based on the available literature, we are also unable to provide guidance on the clinical relevance and utility of these instruments with female perpetrators, male victims, and in same-sex relationships due to the lack of studies using relevant populations.

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Effectiveness of Primary Prevention Efforts

All studies incorporated a curriculum-based intervention, with the primary goal of lowering rates of PV

Schools provided the setting for two-thirds of the interventions; the rest were conducted in community settings

Of the five most methodologically-sound school based studies, only one, the Safe Dates Program, found a clear-cut positive outcome on PV behavior (emotional abuse, mild physical abuse and sexual coercion)

In contrast, each of the five most methodologically-sound community-based studies was deemed effective in reducing PV; among them were two interventions targeting couples and one family-based intervention involving parents and their adolescent children

Although outcomes are mixed, especially for the school-based studies, and no studies were replicated, the authors suggest that “because prevention is generally cost-effective, programming is badly needed to prevent IPV before it begins.”

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Effectiveness of Intervention Programs for Perpetrators and Victims

Authors reviewed studies all utilized either a randomized or quasi-experimental design

Mixed evidence for the effectiveness of perpetrator interventions

Evidence that group or couples format can be effective, but many studies flawed

More promising results for programs with alternative content (e.g., programs that encourage a strong therapist-client relationship and group cohesion, use some form of Motivational Interviewing technique)

Inconsistent effects for brief interventions

Structured interventions found to reduce rates of re-victimization compared to no-treatment controls when they include supportive advocacy

Cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) most effective in reducing the deleterious effects of PV on victims and enhancing their emotional functioning

Little evidence to indicate the superiority of one type of intervention over another. Thus, there is no empirical justification for agencies, state organizations, judges, mental health professionals, or others involved in improving the lives of those impacted by IPV to limit the type of services offered to clients, or to restrict the theoretical and ideological underpinnings of such methods.

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Despite mentally-ill, fanatical ideologues claiming otherwise, domestic violence is not gendered. And they have literally no evidence to the contrary.

[plasticfangtastic]

Okay so i gotta talk about Gen V ep 5 or am gonna explode!

And gotta talk about The Boys S4 spoilers for 2 reasons... 1) something mentioned by Dr Cardosa in the episode and 2) the VoughtHQ twitter leaker... mainly cuz am getting this after trying to check on a leak from season 4... their twitter also wont load for me... like can we just let Becca Saunders rest? Can her poor life stop being milked for manpain??

Spoilers under cut obvi.

First-- off congrats Marie and Jordan I hope you 2 get married and be the power couple this universe needs.

Second here its out Butcher cameo lol. I think this is from S1 after killing madelyn but seeing him in a beanie its so weird altho there is a Homelander article in the same page so who knows.

Third-- Cate you poor bitch!! I felt so betrayed but i dont doubt she its being brainwashed/groomed by Dean Shety so maybe she can be redeemed and her powers are too strong.... i dont doubt that there its a chance she its involved in who appears in ep 6 if thats not a halucination.

Fourth-- Dr. Cardosa mentioning a virus to deal with them... so i guess thats how we r gonna deal with the supe population and why i think the vought hq leak might be real as it mentions the virus as well... i think its super interesting that Vought its developing a virus to kill supes, i guess stan edgar did had a way to make V24 viable despite having supes and maybe a way to get rid of Homelander... by giving him the common cold i guess.

Fifth-- am glad that Maverick is another bisexual king but its the bestiality jokes necessary?? altho I assume his alpaca gf Sloane its just a shapeshifter. So far we got Marie, Jordan, Emma, Cate and Andre as our bisexual monarchs and thats basically the whole cast sans Sam... absolutely iconic Kripke, best apology after fucking up Dean Winchester but i wont forgive you for what u did... still thank you.

Sixth-- the pv for the next ep has fucking Soldier Boy!!! Deep down i feel he its most likely a halucination... saw some ppl theorizing that Cate its mindstorm daughter and she witnessed Mindstorm getting killed by SB so she will use her powers to send them to a mind prison to fight SB which is absurd but i doubt SB its there unless Cate's powers were use to brainwash soldier boy and use him as a weapon in the future, as his powers r too good plus is Vought wants to kill all supes then it makes sense for them to team up with the american govt and have SB as back up while they work with the Superona.

Seventh-- i only now noticed there its a wall poster for homie and loneliness on those school mental health ads which is sad and funny.

Eight-- overall great episode loved how much its happening and its only been days inside the canon, and fuck Rufus! How its the next 3 eps gonna kill me!! Like its too freaking much!!

And finally this shit...

I would not be surprised if this virus is the one being developed in The Woods by Vought, second if this is real then Butcher its a complete pos and a hypocrite i expect the following scenarios of: a) during the time Becca was raped or the wk she went missing thats when Butcher cheated on Becca so its not hatred that motivated his revenge against Homelander but guilt for cheating on his wife... probably with his married fbi plug if i had to take a guess. Or B) Becca learned of his affair decided to have her own affair with Homelander tried to end it which resulted in her S.A. which its why Homelander doesnt see what he did as rape bcuz i guess its not assault if its ur GF/Wife in his mind.

And i guess he takes V or the V24 never left his body unless some Supe can give powers which cause Butcher to use them am so confused is he like a power conduit???

I am gonna say Frenchie or MM will die in this story unless by main characthers they mean any of the Seven, Vought execs or Neuman... doubt Hughie, Starlight, Kimiko or Homelander are gonna die in S4.... but maybe Ashley who knows.

And finally giving cookies to Ryan did like HL saw the tumor felt sad for Butcher and decided to let him see Ryan? or did Ryan just sneaked out and met Billy??

[archivalofsins]

Me and my cousin- "I'll ride a bike to work before I ever drive a car or take crowded usually untimely public transit." Two people with autism...

Me with milgram resist the urge to project there are so many reasons someone would cycle to work. Firstly, it's healthy and secondly it's cheaper- And sure ADHD has heavy ties to smoking but this could very well be self-indulgent daydreaming.

AND SURE HE WAS PUT CLOSEST TO HARUKA IN THE FIRST MILGRAM PV

AND CERTAINLY- He's been supportive of Haruka's growth and is probably sticking around him and Muu to make sure he doesn't backslide. However- I'm probably just unhinged, projecting and hopeful. Like it'd be pretty cool if this guy with confirmed DID had adhd and autism on top of it. Yet, there's no precedent for that not at all-

"Neurodevelopmental disorders increase the risk or impact of a variety of traumas, including injuries, medical symptoms or procedures, and witnessing violence (Ko et al., 2015). Interpersonal victimization is also a major risk, including the chronic child maltreatment most often associated with dissociative identity disorder (DID). Children with neurodevelopmental disorders are more likely to lack secure attachment to their caregivers, who often report high levels of caregiving stress and difficulties accessing sufficient support. This, combined with anti-disability discrimination and challenging child behaviors, can lead to high rates of child abuse and neglect. Stigma and discrimination can also lead to peer harassment, rejection, or abuse, as can the social differences inherent to many neurodevelopmental disorders. Additionally, individuals with autism and intellectual disability are perceived as more vulnerable, may have difficulties recognizing warning signs of danger, and are often not given age-appropriate education on romantic or sexual relationships, all of which increase the risk for sexual violence and intimate partner victimization. Difficulties communicating can also increase the risk of victimization and make it difficult for victims to get help and support (for review, see Reuben & Parish, 2022).

Accordingly, reported and confirmed victimization rates are very high. Baladerian et al. (2013) found that 62.5% of individuals with a neurodevelopmental disorder had experienced abuse, including 34.2% sexual abuse. When specifically examining ADHD, other studies found child maltreatment rates ranging from 22.9% to 51%, including 6.4% to 51% for neglect, 12.9% to 43.5% for physical abuse, and 6.6% to 33.7% for sexual abuse (Fuller-Thomson et al., 2015; Guendelman et al., 2016; Hellstrom, 2019; Ouyang et al., 2008). When examining autism, 50.4% to 80% report any form of child maltreatment, including 62.2% to 79% emotional or verbal abuse, 18.5% to 57.8% physical abuse, and 2.8% to 30% sexual abuse (Baladerian et al., 2013; Chan et al., 2018; Griffiths et al., 2019; Hellstrom, 2019; Mandell et al., 2005; McDonnell et al., 2019; Pfeffer, 2016). Victimization often extends into adulthood and includes intimate partner victimization, physical assault, and sexual assault, all of which can further complicate and worsen dissociative responses. One study of autistic adults (Reuben et al., 2021) found that the majority reported having experienced physical assault or sexual violence, and these experiences were associated with both posttraumatic stress and dissociation." x

Though to be honest I just wanted an excuse to discuss the pictures in the pv.

[gameguy20100]

I did not go on twitter just to see people blindly praising the pv and say that Felinette would be better and more interesting than Adrinette and Felix is better than Adrien.

Yeah.

I get why you're so annoyed.

Adrien salters have been calling him a sexual predator for years, as well as shallow for his feelings for Ladybug since he "only loves the mask." And a victim blamer since he "enabled " Chloe’s bullying.

Yet Felix, gaslights Adrien’s friends nearly ruining his social life

Mocks Adrien for being an abuse victim.

Sexually assaulted Marinette and Kagami.

Stole the Miraculous for his own selfish desires.

Is obsessed with Kagami because she's a senti, and for no other reason.

Is outright genocidal.

Felix is a bastard and I'm sick of his stans praising and justifying his actions while making Marinette and Adrien out to be the worst for far lesser crimes.

[princess-of-the-corner]

I keep looking at the Felix bible and wondering what about the Felinette or LadyNoir dynamics felt ingenuine, or like they wouldn't work? I mean the main gripe about PV Felix was that they accuse him of sexual assault but there's no curse here or any indication that his feelings toward Ladybug aren't real. And he actually becomes friends with Marinette!! It seemed? Good? Did they just. Not want to put time and effort into doing an arc with him.

Honestly it's like.

ML adores and is an homage to the Magical Girl genre. But they don't.... they don't have one of the staple character types.

(Honestly with Chloé's redemption being dropped, they've lost two but I digress).

It's.

I think they wanted to make things more black and white for a bit. Felix was a gray area because he was kind of an ass. Adrien is Good™.

[blackbeargear]

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