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Hooray for gender equality! According to new statistics, women are committing as much domestic violence as men. Best part of this quote: How the female commissioner of the Department of Public Safety almost seems proud of women’s advancement in the field of husband beatings.

The latest data, supplied by the state Department of Public Safety, show that last year, police arrested 1,067 women for domestic assault. That’s up nearly 300 from 2003, representing an 8 percent increase.

Such arrests aren’t commonplace, but a trend is there, police say.

“When I started, you might see one a year,” said Somerset County Sheriff Barry DeLong, who has 36 years in law enforcement. “I think police officers are more attuned to it. In the past, it wasn’t even looked at. Domestic violence is for everybody now.”

“Ten years ago,” [Ann Jordan, commissioner of the Department of Public Safety] said, “many men would not come forward because of the stigma involved. And there’s an increase in the use of drugs and alcohol, on both sides. People who wouldn’t normally assault do so when they’re under the influence.”

While more men than women are arrested for assault involving firearms, 21 women were arrested in the state last year for using a knife or cutting instrument during an assault, compared to 20 men.

“But it doesn’t matter what the sex is,” Jordan said. “Assault is wrong.”

[Full story at The Morning Sentinel]

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