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Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.
As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.
Feminism is an attack on social practices and habits of thought that keep women and men boxed into gender roles that are harmful.
I've seen men and women who were fit for combat that I wanted to fight beside, and men and women who I really wouldn't want to go back into combat with. It really doesn't have anything to do with gender.
One of the first studies in the field of gender and language, by Don H. Zimmerman and Candace West in 1975, found that in casual conversations between women and men, women were interrupted far more often.
It's 2014, and women are still paid less than men. Does this suggest that a gender pay gap is an unfortunately permanent fixture? Will it still be with us in 50 years? I would predict yes. But by that point, it will be men who will be earning less than women.