LIE: The Majority of Stalkers are Men

OR:

The Majority of Stalking Victims are Women.

Much TV, media and whatnot all claim that the majority of stalkers are men, or that the majority of stalking victims are women.

I have NEVER believed this, because I know what it is like to get 15 phone calls from 1 woman in a 20 minute period - each one more hate-filled and menacing than the previous. Many of my friends have put up with the same type of nonsense. I have NEVER met a woman who was being stalked though. Things that make you go HMMM...

TRUTH:

According to: 2007 Home Office British Crime Survey, 7% of men suffer from some form of stalking, and 8% of women suffer from some form of stalking.

Yeah, 8% is quite a majority isn't it.

In spite of this fact, the majority of movies, TV shows and news reports constantly bombard us with images of men being overly possessive, obsessive, and typically violent.

We rarely see the flip side of the coin.

BRAINWASHING:

Women (and men) are lead to believe that men are all odd, clingy, overly possessive - and of course, the way to deal with it is to make biased laws against men.