National survey on attitudes toward domestic violence shows widespread misunderstanding of issue

The study finds that Australians still do not recognise "the terror that women live in". (AAP: Dan Peled)

Almost half of Australians incorrectly believe women and men equally commit domestic violence, according to a major survey which shows "extremely troubling" community attitudes towards violence against women. 

Despite gradual improvements in community understanding of gender inequality and sexual violence between 2017 and 2021, the survey revealed attitudes rejecting domestic violence have stalled.