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Arizona Legislator Not Immune From Misandry

An Arizona State Senator's girlfriend beat the shit out of him: PHOENIX - Scott Bundgaard and his girlfriend, Aubry Ballard, got into such a heated argument that Bundgaard had to pull over to the side of a busy Arizona highway, prompting an off-duty officer to call the police.... Bundgaard spoke with KPHO about what happened Friday night; he had a black eye and a swollen lip, according to the station.  When his girlfriend was arrested, what did the media report?  Did the media note that women commit domestic violence as often as men? It's a statistical fact, Jane. Did the media report that although women are the primary abusers in domestic relationships, men are the ones arrested 95% in all domestic abuse cases, and that many police departments have a mandatory-arrest policy? That is, if a woman calls the cops to report domestic violence, the man must be arrested? Nah...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 28, 2011 (boomark / email).