Something to think about from the Middle East

In West Bank and Gaza Strip, 48% of currently partnered women experienced assault by an intimate partner in past 12 months. 205 Haj-Yahia, 1998: The incidence of wife-abuse and battering and some sociodemographic correlates as revealed in two national surveys in Palestinian society. Ramallah,The Palestinian Authority: Besir Center for Research and Development, 1998.