According to South Africa’s Weekly Mail and Guardian, a study in the Cape Peninsula found that the majority of men who claimed that they do not abuse their mates felt that hitting a woman was acceptable and that such conduct does not constitute violence.
ज्या देशांत असा दुर्व्यवहार अयोग्य समजला जातो तेथे देखील कित्येक लोक हिंसक वागणुकीचे समर्थन करतात.