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From: miche@masscomp.UUCP (Harvey)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Re: \"Why not send the men home?\"
Message-ID: <695@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-May-85 09:19:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: masscomp.695
Posted: Fri May 10 09:19:30 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 11-May-85 02:27:05 EDT
References: <1848@decwrl.UUCP> <423@sftri.UUCP> <1467@reed.UUCP> <224@ihlpa.UUCP>
Reply-To: miche@masscomp.UUCP (Miche Baker-Harvey)
Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA
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Summary: 

In article <224@ihlpa.UUCP> zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck) writes:
>
>A recent editorial I only heard the last parts of broadcast on
>WBBM in Chicago quoted a figure for wife beatings of one (1)
>beating every 18 seconds somewhere in the United States.
>Does anyone know if this is the result of some study which
>has been published or merely the pencil and paper thinking
>of some radio wcript writer.
>
>
>Jeanette Zobjeck
>ihnp4!ihlpa!zubbie


There is a number derived from FBI national crime statistics which
states that a 'woman will be beaten' every 18 seconds in the United
States, but that number is not limited to 'wife beatings'.

Miche Baker-Harvey
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