7% families experience domestic violence, poll

时间：2006-11-28 01:41:45

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Chinanews, Shanghai, Nov. 27 – A poll conducted by a website among 4,500 Shanghai local residents last Thursday shows that about 7% of the families in the city had experienced domestic violence. Cold relations between husband and wife, extra-marital affair and mental illness are said to be the main reasons causing violence in the family, the Shanghai Youth Daily reported.

 

The poll, conducted by smmail.cn (or mail box for city residents), a network service platform in Shanghai, shows that 7% of people say they have experienced domestic violence and another 9% say they “might” have experienced it since they are not clear whether what has happened between them can be defined as “domestic violence.”

 

74% of the people say that when husband and wife who do not speak to each other for a long time it can be regarded as another form of domestic violence, and 20% of people admit, or express in an indirect way, that apart from experiencing a lack of communication with their spouse1, they are also often laughed at by their spouse because of their weakness or some defect.

 

Cold relationship between husband and wife is the largest factor that contributes to domestic violence, since 58% of domestic violence cases are caused by it, followed by psychological problems of the one who perpetrate domestic violence (53%) or has an extramarital affair (51%).

 

In addition, 49% of the people say that males, especially those who are a male chauvinist2, or who indulge in drinking or gambling3, are most likely to perpetrate domestic violence. 26% of the people lay the blame for domestic violence to the one who suffer from some physiological4 deficiency and can not satisfy his or her spouse. If such physical disease lasts for a long time, it can also lead to violence between the couple.

 

When encountering domestic violence, 12% of the people choose to “divorce without hesitation” while a majority of the people (60%) prefer to “try to resolve the confrontation5 by finding out the basic reason and eliminating it.” Still, 4% of the people say they will “live under the current situation without expecting a better life”, 2% of the people will “forgive their spouse” and 1% say they will “tolerate it without any complaints.”

 

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1 spouse Ah6yK     
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
参考例句：
  • Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
  • What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么？
2 chauvinist 6U4yO     
n.沙文主义者
参考例句：
  • I don't know how she can live with him;he's such a male chauvinist pig!我真不理解她怎么能与他一起生活，他是个典型的大男子主义者。
  • How can you do the Muslim chauvinist thing?你怎么能做穆斯林沙文主义的事情？
3 gambling ch4xH     
n.赌博；投机
参考例句：
  • They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
  • The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。
4 physiological aAvyK     
adj.生理学的，生理学上的
参考例句：
  • He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
  • Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。
5 confrontation xYHy7     
n.对抗，对峙，冲突
参考例句：
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

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