“How acceptable or not do you think it is for a man to hit or slap his wife or girlfriend in response to her nagging or constantly moaning at him?”
85% of men said it was never acceptable; 80% of women. So an extra 5% of men think it’s never acceptable to hit his partner. Hmm.

And, interestingly, MORE people thought it was unacceptable for a man to strike his partner for having an affair, than thought it was unacceptable for him to hit her for ANY OTHER REASON, including flirting with others, nagging, and dressing revealingly.
…Now, I don’t know about you, but I’d expect anyone to be more upset that their partner had an affair, than dressed revealingly. Not that hitting a woman is ever okay, but seriously? People thought that an affair was the least “punishable” offense?
I’d leave my partner for that. I wouldn’t for anything else polled, but the chances of my staying if s/he slept with someone else would be VERY low. And yet, the most upsetting occurrence is the one which people think should result in the least violence? When the violence occurs, most often, due to heightened emotions?

…Seriously? Does that seem off to anyone else?

Of all the people who said they would not get involved in a domestic violence situation with someone they know, not ONE of them said they don’t think it’s wrong. Yet earlier, certain percentages said it was okay or “sometimes okay” for a man to strike his partner for various reasons.

Another interesting thing- with the “should a woman be held responsible for rape when ….” questions. When it comes to a woman being held entirely responsible, the gender percentages are pretty even- but in total, women are harsher on women than men.
…Uh. What?

Not only that, but further down, it shows percentage answers- and how many people gave those answers. And the amount of people are a lower number than the percentages!

All in all, I have to say the report seems- well, it seems inconsistant, and like there were too few people taking part. I mean, 915 people is not enough, given that there’s a huge amount of people living in Britain- approximately 60mil. We have a huge amount of cultures here, in fact each city tends to have it’s own “vibe” and subtly different ways of thinking. 915 people can NOT be used as an honest representation of over 60 million people. That’s about 0.0015%.

All in all, I’m unsurprised a certain amount of people think rape victims should sometimes hold responsibility, although I still think this entire report needed more participants. I’m trans, and I was raped as a woman when I was much younger, in my family home. A few years later, I finally told my mother.
She told me it was my own fault, for not crying out for help, or fighting him.
So at least these people even treat rape victims they’re SUPPOSED to love like it’s their own fault. Equal false blame for everyone.

Still- can we really use this as a measure of the overall mindset of people, given the contradictions, and the 0.001% of the population polled?

… but I just can’t stop looking at that 52% who DON’T think sex workers are to blame for being raped and thinking “For fuck’s sake, is that it?”