Si(l)ni mężczyźni? Aktualność stereotypu kobiety jako ofiary przemocy stosowanej przez mężczyzn

Abstract

The purpose of the article is take look at the stereotype of women as victims of violence applied by men. It turns out that both, men and women, participate aggressive behavior and domestic violence. While in the common belief different forms of violence are equated with male, there are many indications that it posed no boundary between the sexes. This is evidenced not only by the statistics quoted in the article, but most of all, the images of men and women appear in advertisements or social campaign, where "strong" woman occur as soldier, athlete, bodybuilder and "not-strong" male assumes the role of victims of family violence who needs help.