Further, the notion that kids benefit by remaining in a violent home with an abuser is monstrous and contrary to every bit of research on the topic. Vance should take this early 20th Centry sexism and shove it up his ass. He wants to take us back to an era when home violence was ignored or approved.

“Well, *I* was raised in a home where my parents stayed together to keep up appearances, absolutely hated each other, and had screaming matches over stupidly tiny things every night, and *I* turned out just fine!” *eye twitch*