Hillllarious.

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed: "Dear Lord: I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to switch with mine for a day. Amen.
God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went grocery shopping, then drove home to put away the groceries, paid the bills and balanced the checkbook. He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog. Then it was already 1 P.M. and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. Set out milk and cookies and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing. At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad,breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper, he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed. At 9 P.M. he was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren't finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love, which he managed to get through without complaint. The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said: Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back." The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied: "My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You'll just have to wait nine months, though. You got pregnant last night."

You won't like this one. Too bad.

• In 2002, 76% of IPV (intimate partner violence) homicide victims were female; 24% were male (Fox and Zawitz 2004).
• The National Crime Victimization Survey found that 85% of IPV victims were women (Rennison 2003).
• Prevalence of IPV varies among race. Among the ethnic groups most at risk are American Indian/Alaskan Native women and men, African-American women, and Hispanic women (Tjaden and Thoennes 2000b).
• Risk Factors for Victimization

Individual Factors
Prior history of IPV
Being female
Young age
Heavy alcohol and drug use
High-risk sexual behavior
Witnessing or experiencing violence as a child
Being less educated
Unemployment
For men, having a different ethnicity from their partner’s
For women, having a greater education level than their partner’s
For women, being American Indian/Alaska Native or African American
For women, having a verbally abusive, jealous, or possessive partner

• Risk Factors for Perpetration

Individual Factors
Low self-esteem
Low income
Low academic achievement
Involvement in aggressive or delinquent behavior as a youth
Heavy alcohol and drug use
Depression
Anger and hostility
Personality disorders
Prior history of being physically abusive
Having few friends and being isolated from other people
Unemployment
Economic stress
Emotional dependence and insecurity
Belief in strict gender roles (e.g., male dominance and aggression in relationships)
Desire for power and control in relationships
Being a victim of physical or psychological abuse (consistently one of the strongest predictors of perpetration)

Why doesn't the second list have 'Being male' on there? If women are more prone to be the victims, who does that leave to be the perpetrators? Gender is a binary category, people, come on now. Why is it that we constantly focus on the fact that the victims are being victimized rather than who the perpetrators are and why they are perpetrators?