It has been well established within literature and research that intimate partner violence is frequent among female victims. The National Violence Against Women Survey, in 2000, revealed data that specified that 42% of intimate partner violence reports were women who experienced physical injuries; 11% of reports indicated that medical attention was received and a further 9% of women were hospitalised (Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). Furthermore, 18% of the cohort informed missed time from work and further economic hardship due to victimisation. Most of the literature and experimental research associates intimate partner violence with male perpetrators, however there is acknowledgment of incident rates of intimate partner violence to be equally men
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A reason behind intimate partner violence against men being unrecognised is due to men being less likely to report incidents because of being embarrassed, ridiculed and a lack of services that are available to provide support (Barber 2008). Statistics have revealed that 13.6% of men have experience domestic violence as young as 16 years of age furthermore, in the previous year (2015/16) 4.4% of men have admitted to suffering domestic violence by their female intimate partner. This statistic provides an estimate of 716,000 males, with a ratio showing that with every three victims of domestic abuse, in intimate relationships, one victim is male compared to the two other victims that are female (Mankind, 2017). There has been a significant decrease of male victims of partner abuse; in 2004/05 it was stated that 4.6% of males (752,000) experienced partner abuse compared to 2.8% of males (451,000) in 2015/16 (ibid). As men are looked at as larger and physically stronger than females, it would be assumed that they are able to restrain their female other half and, without being physically restrained themselves, be able to leave the abusive situation easily (Hines and Douglas, 2010a). The British Crime Survey revealed in 1996 that men were as much in danger of domestic violence as are women, yet they are denied the victim status (Goodey,
A reason behind intimate partner violence against men being unrecognised is due to men being less likely to report incidents because of being embarrassed, ridiculed and a lack of services that are available to provide support (Barber 2008). Statistics have revealed that 13.6% of men have experience domestic violence as young as 16 years of age furthermore, in the previous year (2015/16) 4.4% of men have admitted to suffering domestic violence by their female intimate partner. This statistic provides an estimate of 716,000 males, with a ratio showing that with every three victims of domestic abuse, in intimate relationships, one victim is male compared to the two other victims that are female (Mankind, 2017). There has been a significant decrease of male victims of partner abuse; in 2004/05 it was stated that 4.6% of males (752,000) experienced partner abuse compared to 2.8% of males (451,000) in 2015/16 (ibid). As men are looked at as larger and physically stronger than females, it would be assumed that they are able to restrain their female other half and, without being physically restrained themselves, be able to leave the abusive situation easily (Hines and Douglas, 2010a). The British Crime Survey revealed in 1996 that men were as much in danger of domestic violence as are women, yet they are denied the victim status (Goodey,