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Is it ok to slap your partner?
One in five Brit adults reckon it is all right if a man physically abuses his wife or girlfriend.
One in five Brits think it's ok to slap his partner (Getty images)
One in five British adults reckon it is all right if a man physically abuses hiswife or girlfriend, a new survey has revealed.
According to them, it isacceptable if she merely wears 'sexy clothes' in public.
The survey found 14 per centreckon blokes are justified in lashing out if a partner is 'nagging or moaning'.
And 10 per cent believe it is ok forthem to hit a lover who flirts with another man.
The figures has emerged in aGovernment survey on domestic violence - which quizzed both men and women.Theyfigures have revealed that 50 percent of the public think a woman is at leastpartly at fault for being raped if she does not clearly say 'no'.
A third believe she is partlyresponsible if she is drunk and a quarter think she should take some of theblame if she wears sexy clothing.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was'shocked' to see the findings, according to the officials.
They come as she launches agroundbreaking crusade to stop violence against women.
A register of abusivepartners, to be monitored by police, could be set up.
This will allow cops to warnwomen who start dating thugs with a history of violence.
GPs will be asked to do moreto spot signs of domestic violence when they see women patients. And schoolswill teach pupils about the problem.
Ministers are also looking at powersto ban abusive partners from the home for two weeks.
"Violence against women andgirls is unacceptable. We've already made real progress, with domestic incidentsmore than halving in the past 12 years. But I want to start a national debate onwhat more we can do," the Sun quoted Smith, as saying.
The survey also revealed thata third of people know a woman who has suffered violence from a man sheknows.
According to them, it isacceptable if she merely wears 'sexy clothes' in public.
The survey found 14 per centreckon blokes are justified in lashing out if a partner is 'nagging or moaning'.
And 10 per cent believe it is ok forthem to hit a lover who flirts with another man.
The figures has emerged in aGovernment survey on domestic violence - which quizzed both men and women.Theyfigures have revealed that 50 percent of the public think a woman is at leastpartly at fault for being raped if she does not clearly say 'no'.
A third believe she is partlyresponsible if she is drunk and a quarter think she should take some of theblame if she wears sexy clothing.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was'shocked' to see the findings, according to the officials.
They come as she launches agroundbreaking crusade to stop violence against women.
A register of abusivepartners, to be monitored by police, could be set up.
This will allow cops to warnwomen who start dating thugs with a history of violence.
GPs will be asked to do moreto spot signs of domestic violence when they see women patients. And schoolswill teach pupils about the problem.
Ministers are also looking at powersto ban abusive partners from the home for two weeks.
"Violence against women andgirls is unacceptable. We've already made real progress, with domestic incidentsmore than halving in the past 12 years. But I want to start a national debate onwhat more we can do," the Sun quoted Smith, as saying.
The survey also revealed thata third of people know a woman who has suffered violence from a man sheknows.
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