DV: If the woman is the violent one, should you show her empathy as you are also a female?

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To explain my question, a girl I know gets very angry and has hit her boyfriend in public after screaming at him and throwing tantrums.
A friend of mine, who has been in a DV relationship and who will not tolerate men behaving like that, says that we need to show this girl some empathy as she 'clearly has mental health issues' and as someone dealing with MH conditions, I should "understand what she's going through". But I don't. Because I've never turned violent to a guy I'm seeing.

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No you shouldn't show her empathy just because she is female. Abuse is abuse no matter the sex of the perpetrator.

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DV is DV regardless of who it comes from. Male or female, it is still wrong.

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Abuse is never okay. Male or female.

If this woman really does have mental issues, it's still her own responsibility as an adult to seek the help she needs to stop her behavior. If she can beat up on her man, she beat down the door to the therapists office, too. Just saying...

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No way. Abuse is abuse, regardless of sex or gender of the perpetrator. No one gets a pass just because they are a certain sex or gender.

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Where the hell is the minority that said yes show sympathy? I'd like to hear their reason! lol seriously tho.

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I read an article on the Internet not long ago about a woman explaining why her husband only hit her once. She was bipolar and would go into fits of rage and bear on him. It got so bad one night he had to hit her and knock her out. He took her to the hospital and told them what happened and finally got her help. Men get abused also.

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Hitting is never okay by either gender.

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It is wrong regardless of gender, however just because you don't condone an action doesn't mean you can't have empathy for that person.

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I meant No

DV: If the woman is the violent one, should you show her empathy as you are also a female?

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