Who is the most vulnerable to domestic abuse and violence? Women or trans women?

[rabbitwoman]

In the wake of SMP Robison's statements in Holyrod this week, I have seen so many people up and down twitter (and once in a real life conversation) that trans women are more vulnerable to domestic violence and abuse than women.

I am wondering exactly where this comes from and why it is said so confidently.

Does no one ever question it when they hear it? Just a very quick bit of mental maths shows me this is nonsense, knowing as I do dozens of women who have been victims of abuse and domestic violence, but I only know three trans women altogether.

How does this maths stack up, is it just an outright lie with no evidence or is there actual evidence and statistics to back it up? Because next time someone trots it out I would like to be able to rebuke it....

(although if it is true, surely that's a very concerning trend that we should be a lot more aware of?)

Very strange. She may well be hurting. What was she expecting?

This is what happens when we are built up into this evil enemy. Absolute paranoia.

Did she get any positive reviews? Surely someone from The Guardian will have liked it.

There is a PhD there, but you will not be allowed to pursue it, it will be deemed to be 'transphobic'.