Intimate partner abuse against men : Violence à l'égard des hommes dans les relations intimes

The extent of the comparable issue of domestic abuse of men is not as well known and understood by the general public. [...] Respondents were asked 10 questions concerning abuse by their current and/or previous spouses and common-law partners during the 12-month and 5-year periods preceding the telephone interview.1 According to their responses, almost equal proportions of men and women (7% and 8% respectively) had been the victims of intimate partner physical and psychological abuse (18% and 19% respectively). [...] In many studies, the context of the abuse – such as information on the dynamics of Many researchers distinguish between the relationship, the events immediately two types of physical abuse: minor and preceding the abusive act, the meaning severe. [...] The first type refers to acts such as attributed to the abuse, the identity of the shoving, pushing, grabbing or slapping — initiator of the abuse or the motivation for acts that have a relatively low probability the abusive behaviour – is not docu- of causing serious physical pain or injury. [...] Of those some findings on the bi-directionality respondents reporting any and initiation of relationship abuse violence, 67% of women and 49% of have been documented: men identified themselves as initiators; 27% of women and 35% of • Of the 495 American couples in the men identified their partners; and 1995 National Family Violence 6% of women and 14% of men Survey for whom one or more identified