Angry women: Husband beating on the rise!

Figures from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics show that women are becoming increasingly violent towards their partners.

The number of women in NSW alone that have been charged with domestic violence-related assault has increased phenomenally.

Figures indicate 2,336 women faced court on charges of domestic violence in 2007, mainly for bashing their husbands, compared with just 818 back in 1999.

News Ltd has stated that men's groups are relieved that police are finally taking men seriously, but emphasised it is still difficult for husbands to admit they have been attacked by their wives and girlfriends.

Research substantiates that women tend to use guns, knives, boiling liquids and irons to attack their partners.

This violence increase, usually as a result of alcohol, has ignited discussions and calls for men's refuges.

Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch believes there's no hard wearing or proper explanation for the increasing number of women being prosecuted for domestic violence offences.