It’s now widely recognised that women are at least as aggressive as men towards their intimate partners. Indeed, the highest reported levels of interpersonal violence (‘IPV’) are found in lesbian couples. Academic studies on propensities towards IPV are consistent in their findings:
The ’21 key facts’ about IPV in our public consultation document have generated a lot of interest:
http://j4mb.org.uk/our-public-consultation-exercise-2/
It’s not often you read accounts of IPV written by female perpetrators, but the following has just been drawn to our attention:
http://www.salon.com/2013/07/29/i_couldnt_stop_hitting_my_husband/