Violence

[stylofone]

Since I moved here a year ago I've heard and seen more violence or threats of violence (by adults) on my street than just about anywhere else I've lived. Various factors indicate I am living on struggle street, the proverbial wrong side of the tracks. Also I am in an elevated position and everything is more visible here. But I suspect violence is worsening on many levels in our society. It seems it's not just silly little Jordan Peterson who considers it an essential part of male discourse. I was also surprised to see a minor fracas in a women's rugby league match recently, and this article refers to girls resorting to violence too... although I hasten to add that male violence is the overwhelmingly predominant form.

But overall, it does seem to be getting worse. Suggestions that violent urges are a social construct, a social ill, or a personal failing which can and should be eliminated, don't seem to have a lot of traction.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/tea ... 5k8hx.html

[Loki]

And yet the ABS data suggests assualt has either declined or flatlined.

[stylofone]

And yet the ABS data suggests assualt has either declined or flatlined.

So maybe it is just me. Thanks Loki for this very relevant observation ... although those school suspension figures seem extraordinary.

Also I was thinking about the context of what is frequently referred to as a crisis in domestic and gendered violence. Even if the data shows a fall, it can still be considered a crisis, because the violence of the past flourished in an atmosphere of normalised misogyny which is less acceptable by today's standards.