That was me and I stand by it. I'm not talking about sexual abuse, I'm talking about 'ordinary' beating your kid -- and in this area women are just as likely to harm their kids as men are. And yes, I have checked my facts. There are plenty of kids in emergency rooms and graves because of their mothers. Jusd check the news: it's not one bit unusual to learn that some woman has just been arrested for beating or even killing her kids. Usually it's drugs, alcohol, immaturity, poverty, or just plain craziness, but there's way too much of it out there and women are not innocent bystanders in this particular area. Men may be more likely to knock a child unconscious or kill him, but women, who are with their children far more, dish out plenty of verbal and physical abuse. Sometimes it's brutal.