A letter from Michael, a reader:

Dear Glenn,
 
I thought I'd share a story that happened to me yesterday. I was having a conversation with my friend last night and it went something like this:
 
Him: Hey you remember Linda, the woman who was here a few weeks back?
Me: Yeah.
Him: She's in jail!
Me: No way, really? What happened?
Him: She got into a fight with her husband and she hit him and he called the cops.
Me: Good for him!
Him: No, he's a real jerk.
Me: Oh, did he hit her first?
Him: Well, no.
Me: Did he push her or something?
Him: No, but he's a real scumbag, and has probably hit her in the past.
Me: He has?
Him: I don't know, but he's a real jerk so probably.
Me: Did she ever say he did? Call the cops?
Him: No, but that doesn't mean anything.
 
Glenn, I almost lost it on the guy. Apparently being a "jerk" makes it OK to hit your husband. I wanted to ask him if his wife was a bitch would he feel it would be OK to hit her? It validates everything you've said about people's attitudes about abuse. I guess it's OK to hit a guy. 

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 6th, 2008 at 10:21 pm and is filed under Domestic Violence/DV System.