;A third of emergency room visits by women are for injuries from domestic violence
;A third of emergency room visits by women are for injuries from domestic violence
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::This wildly exaggerated figure is probably the result of continuous rounding up as the myth is spread from person to person and organization to organization. The higher the figure, the more volatile the myth, and so the faster it spreads. The true figure, as determined by government figures, is closer to 1%. Official government figures for homosexual domestic partners who are victims of domestic violence are sketchy.
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::This wildly exaggerated figure is probably the result of continuous rounding up as the myth is spread from person to person and organization to organization. The higher the figure, the more volatile the myth, and so the faster it spreads. The true figure, as determined by government figures, is closer to 14%<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002961000002452</ref>. Official government figures for homosexual domestic partners who are victims of domestic violence are sketchy.
;Women are held back from careers by institutionalized [[paternalism]]
;Women are held back from careers by institutionalized [[paternalism]]