Mona Charen

In the following viewpoint, syndicated columnist Mona Charen reports that the feminist view of domestic violence—in which men are aggressive, violent batterers who abuse women as a means of controlling them—excludes women who batter. Studies have found that women are just as violent as men in abusive relationships, she asserts. Charen charges that the feminist response to domestic violence—arresting and mandating treatment for men only, and blaming domestic violence on a hatred of women—does little to help abusive couples change their behavior.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How is the feminist view of domestic violence similar to the feminist view of rape, according to Sally Satel"
2. Why is arresting the man in domestic violence cases sometimes the wrong action to take, according to the...