birdghost:

tsukiyamashuuuu:

tautomers:

darecrow:

I did the math and if the Krusty Krab closes at Six and Spongebob always arrives at work at 3 am to count the sesame seeds, and if he comes in every day except Sunday and works at a rate of 8.50 an hour, with a paycheck every two weeks, Spongebob makes $1,326 every paycheck which seems feasible given the Krusty Krabs revenue. So that explains why Spongebob owns his own house still, has a massive library and all kinds of extremities like damn no wonder he can keep affording boating school

i live for the in depth analysis of Spongebob

yeah, but if he makes $1,326 a paycheck, that’s around $40K a year. That’s certainly more than we all thought he’d make, but I’d challenge you to find anyone who makes as much as Spongebob does and can afford half as much as he does

His house can regrow so he likely does not need to pay for repairs, his limbs regenerate and while he does eat he can also filter feed so there are few food and health care costs. No boat means no gas money and he can walk to work.

gengarsquad:

plasticroyal:

ainslee:

foolishlyfall:

imminent-death-syndrome:

Excuse me but aren’t you the same bitch that molested your little sister? 

okay but literally in his video when she’s clearly consenting, saying yes, let’s have sex, he’s into it but whenever she pushes him away he completely gets up in the video and puts his shirt back on. when she pushes him away the first time he leaves her alone/sits up. he literally stops whenever she wants him to and is just saying he’s confused at what she wants: does she want him or not? (+ in a way that he isn’t even A N G R Y about it, just confused) in the video he literally doesn’t show any indication that he’s forcing/pressuring her into anything ever when it comes to the more sensual scenes.

the lyrics arent even implying anything non consensual?? infact he’s attempting to clarify.. he’s just asking what she means…

Lena needs to shut the fuck up i swear

who would have ever imagined justin bieber being less problematic than lena dunham 5 years ago

mistletoe-fucker:

socialjusticeprincesses:

ima-fuckingt4ble:

ranting-rose:

dickslapthestate:

ranting-rose:

ittybittykittykisses:

ranting-rose:

vgcgraveyard:

caitallolovesyou:

friendly-neighborhood-patriarch:

lazyhat:

I was pretty skeptical about the figures, since they contradict what I usually hear on the media, so I did a little research. Here’s what I found: 
(Sorry this is so US centric) 
(I’ll also try to stay close to primary sources as possible)

(http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6308a1.htm?s_cid=ss6308a1_e)

– the 12 months before taking the survey, an estimated 4.0% of women experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner
-an estimated 14.2% of women experienced some form of psychological aggression in the 12 months preceding the survey.
-*4,774,000 women have been victims of physical violence by intimate partner in the 12 months preceding the survey
-*17,091,000 women have been victims of psychological aggression by intimate partner in the 12 months preceding the survey

– the 12 months before taking the survey, an estimated 4.8% of men experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner
-an estimated 18.0% of men experienced some form of psychological aggression in the 12 months preceding the survey.
-*5,452,000 men have been victims of physical violence by intimate partner in the 12 months preceding the survey
-*20,471,000 men have been victims of psychological aggression by intimate partner in the 12 months preceding the survey

*Table 6

By the data presented by the Center for Disease Control, out of the estimate of 10,226,000 yearly victims of intimate partner violence, 53.3% of victims where male and 46.6% were female. As for psychological aggression, out of the estimate of 37,562,000 yearly victims, 54.4% were male and 45.5% were female. These statistics would support the claim made in the bottom left.

Now I couldn’t find a primary source for the 70% of DV is initiated by women, but here’s the facts that I found, which may have been interpreted by the people who made this poster:

(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glenn-sacks/researcher-says-womens-in_b_222746.html)
-Women who were in a battered women’s shelter, 67% of the women reported severe violence toward their partner in the past year.

This can be interpreted as “67% of violent couples with IPV is mutual”. But then again, primary sources and full data would be helpful to back up this claim.

But the one that is most interesting is:(http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsArticle.aspx?articleid=111137)(Another report analysis from the CDC)

-23.9% of relationships are violent
-50.3% of IPV is non-reciprocal and 49.7% is reciprocal (Reciprocal IPV= Mutual violence)
-70.7% of non-reciprocal IPV is initiated by women. 

So summing up the numbers, it’s not that 70% of all DV is initiated by women, its that 70% of non-reciprocal DV is initiated by women. To go further would say that 49.7% of DV is mutual, 36.2% of DV is initiated by women, and 14.5% of DV is initiated by men

Male victims of domestic violence are real. They are hurting. And they often don’t get the attention and compassion they so urgently deserve and need.

Have a heart. Open your mind, and give a care.

Hm. These numbers are all so different to anything I’ve seen before. I’m reblogging and liking this both for my own reference and to spread these numbers to others. I’m definitely gonna look into this and see if I can find more sources and more information.

Mother fuckers can we all just say let’s not be dicks to our fucking love ones already?

Tagging this for my speech project that I need the sources for

Here are 221 studies on IPV / DV for y’all.

You are a life saver.

That list is good, but outdated.  I e-mailed the researcher who compiled that list a couple weeks ago and he gave me three different documents.  I uploaded them to this dropbox folder. You can go there and download them.

The list of studies is now up to 343 scholarly investigations (270 empirical studies and 73 reviews). Not only did he send me that list, but he also sent me two meta-studies (also in the dropbox folder).  One is on male/female perpetration rates and the other is on male/female victimization rates. 

There is also “Rates of Bi-directional versus Uni-directional Intimate Partner Violence Across Samples, Sexual Orientations, and Race/Ethnicities: A Comprehensive Review“.  It’s a mouthful to be sure. Basically this study took the data from 48 other empirical studies, collated the data, placed it online for public viewing, submitted it for peer review, and was found to be accurate. 

It’s findings basically wind down to this:

  • 84% of relationships are non-violent
  • 58% of relationships that are violent, both partners abuse the other.
  • 28% of violent relationships only the woman is violent
  • 14% of violent relationships only the man is violent.

This is featured Partner Abuse State of Knowledge Project website and is part of a much larger DV research project.  You can read the summarized findings here or take a gander at the full 61-page review.  This is a compilation of the research of Erin Pizzey, Murray Strauss, Don Dutton, and many others who are challenging the feminist model of patriarchal dominance. They also have some videos that are very informative as well.

Murray Strauss also compiled: Thirty Years of Denying the Evidence on Gender Symmetry in Partner Violence: Implications for Prevention and Treatment A report detailing the existence of over 200 studies showing gender symmetry in victimization rates. Studies that show symmetry going as far back as 1975.  He also examines the methods feminist researchers have used to suppress the evidence from public discourse, hence the title “Thirty Years of Denying the Evidence”.

Two other excellent and brief videos on the topic come from the MenAreGood YouTube channel:

Male Victims of Domestic Violence – The Hidden Story

Bias Against Men and Boys in Mental Health Research

I really need to write up a solo reference post for domestic violence data…

You are also a life saver.

This is so important

Reblogging since this is a huge list of scholarly sources. Am poking through some of these and it’s a fucking huge list.

– Mod Kuzco

this is very important, so i’m abstaining from fallout for a bit to bring this to everyone’s attention.