Boys More Likely To Be Victims Of Teen Dating Violence Than Girls, Study Shows

in the last year, 5.8 percent of boys reported dating violence compared to 4.2 percent of girls

As one of the authors points out, it is still socially acceptable for girls to hit boys. A girl can whallop a guy all she likes with little repercussion; if the boy defends himself, it’s off to jail with him. Of course there is perhaps a difference in scale… the 100 pounds soaking wet girl with her 250 pound linebacker boyfriend, there’s a bit of a difference in the damage potential of a half-power slap. But a punch is a punch as far as the law is concerned, and that little girl can do some fantastic damage with the stab of a knife or the pull of a trigger.