I don't know what base number you are coming from when you declare that 'PS..... according to the Police women actual beating and knifing violence etc. etc. is up 800% in the last couple of years.'
As anyone versed in statistics knows, you can easily double, if you jump from say five to ten, but it is a different proposition if you jump from, say 1,000 to 2,000.I would tend to believe that the violence amongst women is rising, but nowhere near the violence perpetrated by males (and yes I am a male!). Women can be extremely vindictive, but they usually utilise more subtle menas by using the tongue rather than the fist!