Harvard Medical School just announced a study showing half of heterosexual domestic violence is reciprocal and women initiate most reciprocal and non-reciprocal violence.
Men are less likely to report it, which makes crime data unreliable; but sociological data consistently shows women initiate domestic violence as often as men and that men suffer one-third of the injuries, as Cal State University professor Martin Fiebert shows in an online bibliography.
For decades, feminists have covered up and downplayed male victims for political reasons, leaving them with no outreach, few services and major social stigmas. So men just take it in silence while their children suffer long-term damage by the exposure. This hidden problem is so serious that a global coalition of concerned experts has formed to combat it.
MARC E. ANGELUCCI
Eagle Rock
‘Bait and switch’ shows lack of sense
Unethical corporations use the tactic of bait and switch on a regular basis. It is unlawful, but it is not uncommon in the business world. Bait and switch is used to catch the unwary and gain unwarranted profit.
Why the city of Glendale has to resort to such tactics is dismaying. The Collards were caught in this scheme (“Pruning leaves a fine mess,” Oct. 19). Here you have the Fire Department going around the city issuing notices that trees must be trimmed for fire purposes or else there will be severe consequences.
