“Often, in cases of domestic disputes, both parties share the blame but, according to the Criminal Code, the person who gets physical is charged, even though the other party initiated the conflict,” Tapardjuk wrote.

“Often, the male is charged even though the conflict may have been initiated by the female partner.”

The Canadian Press report quoted above at least includes Mr Tapardjuk’s allegedly controversial words. Neither of the two CBC reports that I have seen could bring themselves to repeat what he actually said.

Premier Aarviak found those words “offensive” but did not dispute the claim that women sometimes initiated domestic violence.

“The comments that he made about violence or the cause of violence were offensive,” Aariak told reporters.

Political correctness trumps truth in Canada’s frozen North. Many studies have shown that domestic violence is frequently initiated by women. What Tapardjuk wrote is “offensive” only because it contradicts feminist dogma.

Barbara Kay writes a scathing column on this nonsense.

Aiiiieeee! Heresy! Poor Mr Tapardchuk apparently forgot or may even be ignorant of the fact that no public figure is allowed to suggest that women are ever, ever the initiators of domestic violence. Women are always, always the victims. Of course this credo, that domestic violence is a one-way-street wherein all violence against women is unprovoked, and all violence against men self-defensive, is a complete myth, a myth that has been busted over and over again, most credibly – one would imagine – by our own Statistics Canada, whose findings in their official reports on domestic violence dovetail with all other peer-reviewed studies: Domestic violence is about one-quarter male-initiated, one quarter female-initiated and half reciprocal.

Unfortunately, Tapardjuk has apologized for his “gaffe”. He should have stood by his original statement.

Dr [Fatima] Husain, who works at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals in Berkshire, told the Muslim News that many women ask to be referred to her specialist clinics because she is a hijab-wearing Muslim, allowing her to discover the true scale of domestic violence in her religious community.

She said: “I’ve seen injuries on some of my patients that I wouldn’t dream would happen to pregnant women.

“I’ve seen strangle marks, finger marks on their necks and bruises on their pregnant abdomens.

“Domestic violence is supposedly equally divided amongst the various groups but I get the impression it is more common in Muslims.

“Some Muslim men think they have a God-given right to be physically violent to their spouses. I see the result of all this when they are admitted as my patients.”

That these men beat their wives is deplorable, but beating them while they’re pregnant is even more despicable.

h/t: Religion News Blog