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MEN: The Hidden Victims of Domestic Violence on 25th June 2011, 5:03 pm
Steven
Men are where women were twenty to thirty years ago when it comes to the topic of domestic violence.
Most of the studies on domestic violence have looked at the female victim or the male perpetrator, but few studies have been done on male victims and female perpetrators.
When we look at most survey data on domestic "assaults" against men by women in the general population, the percentages are close to the same
When we look at the small percentage of those who report they needed to see a doctor as a result of their injuries (3% for women and 0.4% for men who were assaulted), the percentage rate for men who sought medical attention is closer to 15% compared to the 85% of women who seek medical attention.
Tjaden (1998) found that women were 14 times more likely to be beaten up (6.1% female compared to 0.5% male).
Yet, when she looked at all manner of assaults she found that 39% of domestic injuries from physical assaults were on men. In other words, two in five domestic assault injuries were sustained by men.
These men warrant social concern and attention even if we say that 15% to 39% of male victims were injured. We rarely consider the emotional injury a man will experience when he is hit by a female partner.
Most of the studies on domestic violence have looked at the female victim or the male perpetrator, but few studies have been done on male victims and female perpetrators.
When we look at most survey data on domestic "assaults" against men by women in the general population, the percentages are close to the same
When we look at the small percentage of those who report they needed to see a doctor as a result of their injuries (3% for women and 0.4% for men who were assaulted), the percentage rate for men who sought medical attention is closer to 15% compared to the 85% of women who seek medical attention.
Tjaden (1998) found that women were 14 times more likely to be beaten up (6.1% female compared to 0.5% male).
Yet, when she looked at all manner of assaults she found that 39% of domestic injuries from physical assaults were on men. In other words, two in five domestic assault injuries were sustained by men.
These men warrant social concern and attention even if we say that 15% to 39% of male victims were injured. We rarely consider the emotional injury a man will experience when he is hit by a female partner.