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People like to say lesbians have the highest dv rates bases on the cdc study but there's a lot of info thats missing. Bisexual women actually reported experiencing the most DV first of all, and second the study isn't about which relationshpi types have the most DV it's about which sexualities experience the most. Here's the stats breakdown:

(Please excuse me if I edit this poorly and any part sounds really aggressive or rude. I have this saved on my clipboard so I can quickly counter homophobic idiots whenever I see them. Also sorry for the incoming text wall but consider the claim that lesbians are more violent officially debunked)

They are higher but not from lesbian on lesbian domestic violence. The majority of the perpetrators are male.

I found the exact study that is referenced for these stats I'll break it down for you right now.

Firstly, bisexual women experience the most dv with 61% reporting it. 89.5% reported only male perpetrators. This means in the case of bisexual women they experienced more dv from men.

First we'll establish that 44% of lesbians reported having experienced domestic violence in their life which is higher than heterosexual women reported.

Just so you can see I am not editing anything here is the DIRECT quote for sexual violence.

During their lifetimes, nearly three quarters of lesbian victims of CSV reported having only male perpetrators (72.9% or 912,000), while 1 in 5 had both male and female perpetrators (20.9% or 262,000).

72% of the had only male perpetrators for the sexual violence.

In their lifetimes, most lesbian rape victims reported having only male perpetrators (89.7% or 531,000).

Nearly 90% of lesbians reported having only male perpetrators.

One in two lesbian stalking victims (51.6% or 377,000) reported having only male perpetrators, while 1 in 4 had only female perpetrators (27.6% or 202,000).

So there you go. And here's your study link.

https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/documentation/nisvsReportonSexualIdentity.pdf

So while we cannot conclude from this that lesbians commit more dv we can see that they experience more and the vast majority of perpetrators are men. Which checks out as its the same for bisexual women who date both.

To clarify, this 44% you'll often see thrown around is made up of lesbians who reported experiencing at least one out of four categories including rape, contact sexual violence, IPV and stalking. In ALL areas of this survey where sex of perpetrator is revealed, we see that it is consistently males committing these acts against lesbians. This means the 44% is disingenuous to actual rates of DV within lesbian relationships and is much lower if all lesbians with male perpetrators are removed.