A recent study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and Adelphi University in Garden City, New York has concluded that the females who are subjected to a number of physical, sexual or psychological abuse, have a softer bent towards their male counterparts, even after being in abusive relationship, they describe the male partners as dependable and affectionate.

This has been concluded on the basis of data from a survey that was conducted by U. S. National Institute on Mental Health. The survey observed 611 low-income women residing in urban areas. It was then found that about 43% of the surveyed females were abused in the previous year by their partners, out of the abused, about 54% said that their partners were “very reliable” and 21% stated that their male partners had many positive characteristics.

The report, which was based on female-perceptions also indicated that about one- fifth of the women were into extremely violent relationships where-in many were also into physical violence for controlling behavior. It was also disclosed that 38% of women were engaged into the relationships that have positive controlling behavior.

This study was published in the journal Violence Against Women and data surveyed from low-income females mostly of African American women averagely 35 years of age.