Father-deprived children are:
11 times more likely to be violent.
90% of runaways
85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders.
85% of all youths sitting in prisons.
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger.
80% of all adolescents are in psychiatric hospitals.
75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers.
72% of all teenage murderers.
71% of all high school dropouts.
71% of pregnant teenagers.
63% of youth suicides.
60% of rapists.

Sources: US Dept. of Health & Human Services, US Dept. of Health & Human Services, National Fatherhood Initiative, Center for Disease Control, US Bureau of Census, FBI, Criminal Justice & Behavior, National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools, Rainbows for all God`s Children

Need more proof that our crumbling society is a result of radical feminism gone amuck and liberal policies that cater to their movement? Read on...




Quote #1: More evidence of nature's intent to design men as active parents might be seen in the effects of involved fathering on children. Given the politically charged debates over same-sex unions and single parenting, it is perhaps not surprising that the richest area in the nascent field of fatherhood research is in the results of fathers' absence. David Popenoe of Rutgers University has pointed to increased rates of juvenile delinquency, drug abuse and other problems among children raised without a male parent present. Research on the unique skills men bring to parenting is sparse but intriguing. Eleanor Maccoby of Stanford University has found that fathers are less likely than mothers to modify their language when speaking to their children, thus challenging their kids to expand vocabulary and cognitive skills. Fathers also tend to enforce rules more strictly and systematically in reaction to children's wrongdoing, according to educational psychologist Carol Gilligan. "Having a father isn't magic," says Armin Brott, author of seven books about fatherhood, "but it really does make a difference for the kids."

Quote #2: When men take on nontraditional roles in the home and family, it also makes a difference to the marriage. Coltrane of UC Riverside and John Gottman at the University of Washington found in separate studies that when men contribute to domestic labor (which is part and parcel of parenting), women interpret it as a sign of caring, experience less stress and are more likely to find themselves in the mood for sex. This is not to say that more involved fathering has erased marital tensions or that it hasn't introduced new ones. Dads admit they get fussed over for things moms do every day. "Sometimes you're treated like a dog walking on its hind legs - 'Oh, look, he can do laundry!'" says Jim O'Kane, 47, a father of two in Blackstone, Mass. And some women resent ceding their role as top parent. When her daughter fell down at a birthday party, Amy Vachon, 44, of Watertown, Mass., recalls that the girl ran crying all the way across the room - to her husband Marc. "I admit it hurt at the time," she says, "mostly because I wondered what everyone thought. There's such a high standard in society for the good mother."

Quote #3: Misandry in family law begins with an ideology that views children as the property of women, even though many peer-reviewed studies show children want and need both parents, and no studies show sole parenting by a mother serves children's best interests. This ideology is instilled in judges during training sessions featuring feminism-driven materials, and subsequently often plays out as unaccountable kangaroo courts. The result is that an adversarial mother who initiates a divorce against the will of the father - however indifferent her parenting skills, however superb his and even if the children spend their days with nannies or day care workers - pretty well has a lock on sole custody of the children. If she denies rightful access to the father, she will never be punished at all. Conversely, if he withholds money, he will be criminalized: His picture as a "deadbeat dad" may appear on government-sanctioned Internet sites, and if he goes to jail, as is likely, he will serve a longer sentence than cocaine dealers.

Quote #4: Of the myriad forms of discrimination men cite, one looms over the rest: The egregious treatment meted out to fathers in the throes of contested child custody following the "no-fault" divorces most of them did not initiate or desire. My files bulge with stories of disenfranchised fathers ripped from their children's arms and lives. They have lost their homes, their careers, fortunes, friends and reputations, often on the basis of false allegations of abuse (for which their female accusers are virtually never punished). I wouldn't mention such anecdotal evidence, if the anguish in these testimonials didn't jibe with objective data confirming the shameful gender bias that dominates the family law system.

Quote #5: Mr. Dunn may sound like just another disgruntled spouse unhappy with his lot in a bitter breakup, but his complaints are indicative of a growing concern among those involved in divorce law - couples and lawyers - that the system is no longer encouraging self-sufficiency among divorcing spouses. Spousal support, once considered a transitional hand-up for the spouse (most often the wife) left at an economic disadvantage by the marital breakup, is increasingly being viewed by the courts as an indefinite obligation, or a lifelong handout.

Quote #6: What helps marriages to endure is not the compatibility of the spouses or the delight they take in each other. After all, over time people do change, circumstances are different and the pressures of life are brought to bear. Not all age equally gracefully. What enables marriages to endure, and thrive, is the commitment of the spouses to the marriage itself. Most married couples will tell you, quite unsurprisingly, that they could never have imagined beforehand the circumstances that they have faced over the years of the marriage. Keeping one's promises and a willingness to sacrifice for the other are the foundations of marital and family stability.

Quote #7: Sexual abuse by women of children and teens is a subject most parents and caregivers are not familiar with. Female sexual predators go unreported because of a lack of awareness by the public.

Quote #8: 75% of sexual predators are male and 25% are female.

86% of the victims of female sexual predators aren't believed, so the crimes go unreported and don't get prosecuted.

Considering these facts,  arrest statistics for child sexual offenders by gender are meaningless.

From "The Sexual Abuse by Women of Children and Teenagers"

Quote #9: Holding women responsible for their violence was so at odds with the received wisdom of the movement's activists that, for her whistle-blowing pains, Pizzey's dog was killed and her entire family received death threats. Undaunted, she pursued her equal-responsibility crusade in the United States for many years in a fusillade of articles and books.

Quote #10: Another outlier, University of British Columbia psychology professor Don Dutton, is acknowledged by his peers as a world expert on IPV. He has proven, over and over again - most recently in his definitive 2006 book, Rethinking Domestic Violence - that the tendency to violence in intimate relationships is bilateral and rooted in individual dysfunction: Men and women with personality disorders and/or family histories of violence are equally likely to be violent themselves, or seek violent partners. But Dutton's scientific credentials and extensive 25-year archive of peer-reviewed research cut no ice with Canadian policy makers, none of whom has ever solicited his advice.

Quote #11: For the next generation of single women, it is about to get worse. Lawyers and social researchers believe changes to the child support scheme which come into force midyear will leave about 60 per cent of single mothers worse off than before. Fathers, in particular wealthy fathers, they say, will pocket the windfall. "Our preliminary research indicates that a large proportion of our clients who are primary carers will be receiving significantly less child support under the new formula," says a policy lawyer, Edwina MacDonald, from the Women's Legal Service. Wealthy fathers are already better off, with the first round of changes introduced last year capping payments for non-resident parents who earn between $130,000 and $140,000 each year. Under the complex new scheme, fathers who care for their children at least two nights a fortnight will receive a 24 per cent discount on child support payments. There is widespread concern that much less money will soon be flowing into single-parent homes - most of which are run by single women. The amount single mothers can earn before child support is cut is reduced from $39,000 to $17,000.
Elsewhere HM noted/commented:
Who would ever have dreamt that fathers who look after their children over 25% (2 of 7) of nights would ever deserve 24% of the resources to do it?
Why are all these women with degrees wasting them and not using them to support themselves and their families in the manner men are legally forced to do?
Why is it that, despite all evidence showing that men and women can equally care for children, women are still awarded sole custody in almost all cases?
With almost all divorces involving children initiated by women, why do these women initiate divorce if they are so poorly done by it?
These questions and more will not be answered by the 2020 conference with the "representatives" that are chosen.

Quote #12: "We know that women experience much higher levels of poverty than men in general," says Karen Willis, from the NSW Rape Crisis Centre.
So, if true (and I personally don't doubt it), what does that say about women, in general, and their need for male support.

Quote #13: "Women and their children have lost their homes and jobs, and been forced into a lifestyle which is often hard to get out of, especially if you are an older woman." Out in the suburbs, more stories of women in poverty are emerging.
More often the homes and jobs have not so much been "lost" but given up by women who have made choices - bad choices, for themselves and for the children they insist on making both fatherless and impoverished. The mothers chose; the children do not! And the State, working for the mother via its various agencies, departments and courts approves, encourages, supports, enables, facilitates and enforces.

Quote #14: But Whiteside remains extremely positive. She says she is the happiest she has ever been. "It's been a journey but I am learning how to be free," she says. "I have my life and it's simple and I'm dealing with only the aspects that matter." Julie Di Gregorio and Carole Ouellette agree. Di Gregorio left an unhappy marriage with almost nothing but is now starting to return to her practice as an artist. Ouellette delayed her marriage settlement for 16 years so her children could live in the family home but says the decision empowered her emotionally, if not financially.
Their choices, their consequences. Sadly they involve and embroil innocent children. Their selfish knows no bounds. And now they complain and whine hoping for more tax money from hard working (mostly) male taxpayers.

 Dispensing with popular fallacious rhetoric, let's look at the data. 
 Per the United States Department of Health and Human Services, 
 Administration for Children and Families (not exactly supermarket 
 tabloid journalism here, wouldn't you say?), the perpetrators of 
 Child Maltreatment É IAW US DoH&HS-ACF Annual Child Maltreatment 
 Reports spanning the past decade É are: 

 1995- Table D-5 (Maltreatment)
 *Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 45,583
 *Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 74,187 (over 50% 
 more)
 1996- Table 2-7 (Maltreatment)
 *Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 55,006
 *Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 85,751 (over 50% 
 more)
 1997- Table 7-1 (Maltreatment) 
 *Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 111,473
 *Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 184,152 (over 50% 
 more)
 Table 7-3 (Fatalities)
 *Male perpetrator 129
 *Female perpetrator 218 (over 50% more)
 1999- Table 6-3 (Maltreatment)
 *Mother 44.7% (almost 300% more)
 *Father 16.1%
 Mother and Father 17.0%
 *Mother and other 8.2% (over 700% more)
 *Father and other 1.1%
 Non-parental 10%
 Other 3% 
 Table G7-2 (Fatalities)
 *Male perpetrator 238
 *Female Perpetrator 361 (over 50% more)
 2002- Table 5-1 (Maltreatment)
 *Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 330,780
 *Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 463,358 (almost 
 50% more)
 Table 4-2 (Fatalities)
 *Mother 32.6% (294) (almost twice as many)
 *Father 16.6% (150)
 *Mother and Father 19.2% (173)
 *Mother and other 9.1% (82) (almost 600% more)
 Father and other 1.4% (13)
 Non-parental 15.9% (143)
 Other 5.1% (46)
 2003- Table 3-16 (Maltreatment)
 *Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 169,430
 *Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 285,196 (over 50% 
 more)
 Table 3-5 (Fatalities)
 *Mother 40.4% (over twice as many)
 *Father 18.3%
 Mother and Father 17.3%
 *Mother and other 6.2% (almost 600% more)
 *Father and other 1.1%
 Non-parental 10.7%
 Other 6.0%
 2004- Table 5-1 (Maltreatment)
 *Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 303,604
 *Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 415,344 (almost 
 50% more)
 Table 4-2 (Fatalities)
 *Mother 31.3% (307) (over 200% more)
 *Father 14.4% (141)
 Mother and Father 22.7% (223)
 *Mother and other 9.3% (91) (almost 800% more)
 *Father and other 1.2% (12)
 Non-parental 10.7% 
 Other 10.4%
 2005- Table 3-16 (Maltreatment)
 *Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 169,430
 *Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 285,196 (over 50% 
 more)

 In virtually EVERY classification of maltreatment, neglect, abuse and 
 homicide of children, the childs mother was far and away the > MOST < 
 likely perpetrator of maltreatment of children, with the father being 
 the > LEAST < likely perpetrator of maltreatment of children.

 While we're on the subject of kids dyingÉ it's a fact: more infant 
 males die in the first year of life than infant females.

 Per the US CDC (United States Centers for Disease Control) NVSR 
 (National Vital Statistics Report) Vol 56, No 10, 24 April 2008 Table 
 D. Number of infant, neonatal, and post neonatal deaths and mortality 
 rates, by sex: United States, 2004Ð2005 (not the high year, nor the 
 low yearÉ merely the year I pulled the data from):
 2004 2005
 Age - Sex # Deaths Rate # Deaths Rate
 Neonatal Male 10,444 4.93 10,390 4.94
 Neonatal Female 8,326 4.12 8,203 4.09
 Post-Neonatal Male 5,574 2.63 5,328 2.53
 Post-Neonatal Female 4,096 2.03 4,015 2.00
 Infant Male 16,108 7.56 15,718 7.47
 Infant Female 12,422 6.15 12,218 6.09
 Observe: Table D clearly demonstrates a higher mortality rate for 
 male children (tables 3 and 8 are an interesting read also).

 While we're on the topic of Myth Busting:

 The Myth: "More women are killed by Domestic Violence than any other 
 cause in America".

 The Fact: The simple truth is that in EVERY Nationality/Age grouping, 
 more women are killed by accidents (ie unintentional injuries) than 
 die as a result of DV/IPV (also called Homicide). 

 To whit: Per the US CDC (United States Centers for Disease Control) 
 NVSR (National Vital Statistics Report), Vol. 56, No. 5, November 20, 
 2007 Table 1. (Deaths, percentage of total deaths, and death rates 
 per 100,000 for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age 
 groups, by race and sex) for the year 2004 (not the high year, nor 
 the low yearÉ merely the year I pulled the data from):

 ( A = Accidental Deaths, H = Homicide )
 White Females 
 Age Group # Deaths A/H % Deaths A/H
 Causative ranking A/H
 1 to 4 508 / 88 34.2 / 5.9 1 / 4
 5 to 9 318 / 38 36.8 / 4.4 1 / 4
 10 to 14 412 / 37 36/5 / 3.3 1 / 6
 15 to 19 1,805 / 162 56.7 / 5.4 1 / 4
 20 to 24 1,599 / 237 45.4 / 6.7 1 / 4
 25 to 34 2,607 / 419 30.0 / 4.8 1 / 5
 35 to 44 3,976 / 462 17.4 / 2.0 2 / 8
 45 to 54 4,097 / Na 8.3 / Na 3 / Na
 55 to 64 2,640 / Na 3.1 / Na 6 / Na 
 65 to 74 2,679 / Na 1.8 / Na 6 / Na 
 75 to 84 5,871 / Na 1.9 / Na 8 / Na 
 85 and over 7,808 / Na 1.9 / Na 8 / Na 

 Black Females
 1 to 4 136 / 80 26.0 / 15.3 1 / 2
 5 to 9 101 / 22 32.3 / 7.0 1 / 4
 10 to 14 118 / 27 30.8 / 7.0 1 / 3
 15 to 19 192 / 127 29.0 / 19.2 1 / 2
 20 to 24 241 / 154 22.9 / 14.6 1 / 2
 25 to 34 407 / 282 13.5 / 8.7 2 / 5
 35 to 44 647 / 275 8.3 / 3.5 4 / 6
 45 to 54 708 / Na 4.7 / Na 5 / Na
 55 to 64 356 / Na 2.0 / Na 8 / Na
 65 to 74 303 / Na 1.3 / Na 10 / Na
 75 to 84 Na / Na Na / Na Na / Na
 85 and over Na / Na Na / Na Na / Na

 American Indian or Alaska Native Females
 1 to 4 16 / 2 34.0 / 4.3 1 / 4#
 5 to 9 11 / Na 44.0 / Na 1 / Na
 10 to 14 17 / 2 53.1 / 6.3 1 / 4
 15 to 19 44 / 7 49.4 / 7.9 1 / 3
 20 to 24 48 / 7 50.5 / 7.4 1 / 3
 25 to 34 78 / 7 33.3 / 3.0 1 / 6
 35 to 44 99 / 8 22.1 / 1.8 1 / 8
 45 to 54 65 / Na 9.4 / Na 4 / Na
 55 to 64 23 / Na 2.7 / Na 7 / Na
 65 to 74 43 / Na 3.9 / Na 6 / Na
 75 to 84 38 / Na 3.1 / Na 7 / Na
 85 and over 18 / Na 1.8 / Na 9 / Na
 # Tied with `diseases of the heart'

 Asian or Pacific Islander Females
 1 to 4 17 / 3 21.0 / 3.7 1 / 5
 5 to 9 14 / Na 35.0 / Na 1 / Na
 10 to 14 14 / 3 29.8 / 8.4 1 / 3
 15 to 19 40 / 5 42.1 / 5.3 1 / 4#
 20 to 24 57 / 6 42.2 / 4.4 1 / 5@
 25 to 34 69 / 23 20.1 / 6.7 2 / 4
 35 to 44 78 / 15 12.2 / 2.3 2 / 6
 45 to 54 84 / 21 5.9 / 1.5 4 / 7
 55 to 64 70 / Na 3.4 / Na 5 / Na
 65 to 74 99 / Na 2.9 / Na 5 / Na
 75 to 84 126 / Na 2.4 / Na 7 / Na
 85 and over 86 / Na 1.6 / Na 10 / 
 Na
 # Tied with Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal 
 abnormalities
 @ Tied with Cerebrovascular diseases

 Hispanic Females
 1 to 4 127 / 35 30.8 / 8.5 1 / 4
 5 to 9 76 / 15 35.5 / 7.0 1 / 3
 10 to 14 74 / 12 31.5 / 5.1 1 / 4
 15 to 19 216 / 47 45.1 / 9.8 1 / 2
 20 to 24 230 / 63 40.1 / 11.0 1 / 2
 25 to 34 353 / 118 25.0 / 8.4 1 / 3
 35 to 44 369 / 93 14.3 / 3.6 2 / 5
 45 to 54 281 / Na 6.7 / Na 3 / Na
 55 to 64 204 / Na 3.4 / Na 6 / Na
 65 to 74 179 / Na 2.0 / Na 9 / Na
 75 to 84 230 / Na 1.7 / Na 10 / Na
 85 and over 200 / Na 1.6 / Na 10 / Na

 Note: In EVERY nationality and in EVERY age group, `Death by 
 Accidents' (ie unintentional injuries) exceed `Deaths by Assault' (ie 
 homicide) and in fact `Deaths by Assault' (ie homicide) fail to even 
 rank in the ten leading causes of death from age 44 onward.

 Nowhere, on ANY part of Table 1, does it indicate that more women are 
 killed by violence (domestic or otherwise) than die in accidents!!! 

 So let's discuss `injuries' shall we?

 The myth: We've all heard the infamous "Domestic Violence is the 
 leading cause of injury to women between ages 15 and 44 in the United 
 States - more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined"***

 The Fact: This is not merely untrue, it is so patently untrue that to 
 allege it is an outright malicious lie. Here's the data on the 
 leading causes of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in 
 the United States in 1996 (again, not the 'high year' nor the 'low 
 year', merely the year I pulled the data on):

 Event type / Number / Per Cent
 Motor Vehicle Accidents / 1,504,119 / 21.2%
 Accidental Falls / 1,243,538 / 17.5%
 Other and unspecified environmental and accidental causes / 
 1,162,272 / 16.4% 
 Accidents caused by cutting and piercing instruments or objects / 
 515,986 / 7.3%
 Sports injuries / 483,223 / 6.8%
 Injuries purposefully inflicted by other than spouse or intimate / 
 399,240 / 5.6%
 Overexertion and strenuous movements / 339,014 / 4.8%
 Drugs, medicinal and biological substances, in therapeutic use / 
 166,687 / 2.3%
 Injuries purposefully inflicted by spouse or other intimate / 
 153,555 / 2.2% 
 Injuries caused by animals / 137,639 / 1.9%
 Accidental poisoning by drugs / 131,928 / 1.9%
 Misadventures during surgical and medical care / 124,230 / 1.7%
 Suicide and self-inflicted injuries / 102,392 / 1.4%
 Struck accidentally by falling object / 87,485 / 1.2%
 Caught accidentally in or between objects / 74,995 / 1.1%
 Foreign body accidentally entering orifice other than eye / 69,590 / 
 1.0%
 Accidental poisoning by other solid and liquid substances, gases, and 
 vapors / 57,846 / 0.8%
 Non-transport machinery accidents / 56,455 / 0.8%
 Venomous animals and plants / 50,111 / 0.7%
 Accident caused by hot substance or object / 49,766 / 0.7%
 Foreign body accidentally entering eye and adnexa / 47,788 / 0.7%
 Other / 147,889 / 2.0%

 This data is taken from the 1996 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical 
 Care Survey Data File, which can be downloaded via ftp from 
 the `National Center for Health Statistics'. 
 Domestic violence, referred to in the table as "Injury purposefully 
 inflicted by spouse or other intimate", accounts for 2.2% of injuries 
 to women in this age group. 

 Rather than being a greater cause of injury than "car accidents and 
 other things combined", Domestic Violence results in only one-tenth 
 as many injuries to women as motor vehicle accidents alone (and a 
 paltry zero decimal one percent ahead of injuries by 'Non-Transport 
 Machinery Accidents', 'Venomous Animals and Plants' and 'Accident 
 Caused by Hot Substance or Object'... COMBINED!!!).

 Now let's review some more `blast from the past' data shall we? Per 
 the 1985 Family Violence Research Survey (FVRS): as reported by 
 women, the FVRS data indicated the following percentage of spouses 
 who engaged in domestic violence toward their mates :
 Perpetrator of Violence "Minor" "Severe" "None"
 Male 6.9% 4.9% 88.1%
 Female 7.7% 4.4% 87.9%
 As reported by men, the FVRS data indicated the following percentage 
 of spouses who engaged in domestic violence toward their mates :
 Perpetrator of Violence "Minor" "Severe" "None"
 Male 9.2% 1.3% 89.5%
 Female 7.5% 4.7% 87.8%
 Further, the FVRS reported the following results regarding who 
 initiated the violence :
 Gender Reporting Male Initiator Female Initiator No Memory
 Male 43.7% 44.1% 12.2%
 Female 42.6% 52.7% 4.7%
 Hitch up yer knickers and take a look at some more "HERE'S THE DATA". 
 The United States Department of Justice NCJ (this is the National 
 Crime Journal) #174508 Table 1 fairly clearly spells it out:
 Table 1. Number and rates of violent victimizations, by sex of 
 victim, in 1994.
 Total Female Male Female % Male %
 All violent crimes: 11,605,300 5,026,500 6,578,800 43.3 56.7
 Homicide: 11,937 4,489 7,448 0.04 0.17

 This is authoritative research data spanning the PAST TWENTY YEARS, 
 consistently citing NO MAJOR INCREASE in Male vs female DV/IPV 
 (relative to Female vs male DV/IPV)É while at the same time citing 
 female perpetrators of maltreatment of children exceed male 
 perpetrators of maltreatment of children by a wide margin and a 
 substantially higher incidence of male victimization in violent 
 crimes and homicide.

 Now may we PLEASE dispense with the hate mongering rhetoric that men 
 are such a dire threat to women???

 The data simply does not support the mythos.

 (In fact, there is NO data which supports the mythos).

 It's an inflammatory lie!!!
 "Male-blaming can no longer be relied upon as the single explanation 
 for the ills of society". Linda Kelly PhD. in `DISABUSING THE 
 DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE: HOW WOMEN BATTER MEN AND THE ROLE OF 
 THE FEMINIST STATE' FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW [Vol. 30:791] 
 2003
 Consider this also: in November of 2005 the US Senate shelved (for 
 the 8th time in 10 yrs) a Senate Bill to charter and fund a National 
 Level Mens Health Organization to represent > male gender specific < 
 (pay attention to the language, this is crucial) health issues in 
 fiscal decision making, including male prostate cancer. 
 Footnote: Women have 4 such organizations.
 That SAME session of Congress voted to spend eighty billion (with 
 a `B') dollars É $80,000,000,000.00 É on female gender specific 
 health concerns in various short and long term programs, and five 
 hundred million (with a `M') dollars É $500,000,000.00 É on male 
 gender specific health concerns (a 160 to 1 disparity). Source: Gov't 
 Accounting Office (GAO) Annual Fiscal report the President.

 ***: This quote is sourced to a 1994 ` Parents ` magazine article 
 claiming "in 1992 the Surgeon General announced that domestic abuse 
 was the leading cause of injuries to women between the ages of 15 and 
 44".
 In truth, then-Surgeon General Antonia Novello (14th US 
 Surgeon General, served 1990 to 1993) wrote a letter in which she 
 said "one study found violence to be... the leading cause of injury 
 to women ages 15 through 44 years"É note the word `violence' 
 vice `domestic violence'. 
 The study Novello referred to was a study of extremely poor, 
 crime-ridden, inner- city African-American women in Philadelphia--a 
 population not even vaguely representative of the rest of the 
 country. In a 1995 phone interview, Dr. Jeane Ann Grisso, the study's 
 lead researcher, said that even if her study had concluded 
 that `domestic violence' was the leading cause of injury, she 
 would "never apply that conclusion to the total population of 
 American women" .