The Violence Against Women Act....

The Violence Against Woman Act will expire on Sept. 30th. Here's a thoughtful column about violence against men....

What do you get when you mix equal parts of gender myth, a casual disregard of Constitutional protections, and old fashioned political pork? VAWA — the Violence Against Women Act — that's what.

For the past decade, Americans have been subjected to the relentless message, There's no excuse for domestic violence against a woman.

OK, but what about Piper Rountree who was convicted six weeks ago for the ambush-slaying of her former husband, University of Richmond professor Frederic Jablin? Are cases of female-on-male violence so rare as to be an amusing oddity in the newspaper obituary columns?

Here's the shocker: Women are just as likely as men to commit domestic violence against their intimate partners.

Chances are you've been heard the Urban Legend that follows the predictable line, male = abuser, female = victim. So I'm going to repeat my statement, this time with emphasis: Research shows that women are equally likely to commit partner aggression against their boyfriends, husbands, and ex-husbands.

We're not talking about a handful of studies. Over 100 research reports have shown this to be true — you can see for yourself by visiting this website: www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm

All violence should be equally unacceptable.