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personally, I doubt it...

especially since the nature of sexist oppression has changed. In the past, men who abused their wives did it to maintain control. Today, men who do it often do so because they feel they are LOSING control. They feel emasculated when the state of the economy makes it hard for them to fulfill the role of "breadwinner" and, as a result, overcompensate by taking the gender roles they CAN live up to to the extreme.

This is what a steadfast reliance on "traditional" gender roles results in.



Social scientists churn out domestic violence researsh (men against women AND women agaisnt men) and I think most conclude that the gap is still pretty wide. I don't think it's changed much since the 80's,. If it come to me, I'll look or an article I read about female violence against women actually DECREASED in the late 90's, though much of that was attributed to the fact that the economy was doing so well.