The Bowdoin Orient

Every 1 hour and 37 minutes, a crime of domestic violence is reported to police in Maine. Domestic violence does not discriminate. While students may consider domestic violence to be an issue of older adults, you may be surprised to know that women ages 16 to 24 experience the highest per capita rate of intimate partner violence. At some point in their lives, approximately one third of women report physical or sexual abuse by a husband or partner.

How many times have you heard or complained about women being more attached to men? We often think of men as detached from their emotions and enjoying "playing the field." Women, on the other hand, are seen as hopelessly romantic and most content settling down with one man to pursue a serious relationship. That's what we've been told or what we commonly think, but are men and women really so different? Are men really from Mars and women from Venus?