14. Is there a difference in the patterns of violence towards male and female victims? Although over 12 million women and men are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States each year, women are significantly more likely to be victimized than men. Women’s battering has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and is considered to be a major social problem. In fact, intimate partner violence is the leading cause of injury and death to American women. Furthermore, no woman is more susceptible to experience domestic violence than another woman. Victims of violence include poor and uneducated women, professional women, working women, military women, and women who earn more money than
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Younger individuals are most susceptible to this type of violence, which can include sexual assault, rape, physical assault and battery, and verbal and emotional abuse. In fact, dating violence has been documented in middle school relationships. Researchers believe younger populations have had more of a problem with dating violence because they have not yet gained the maturity to handle the frustrations of intimacy, which causes them to react in inappropriate ways. Risk factors associated with dating violence include poor anger management, antisocial personality, poor communication patterns, and having a history of criminal activity, neglect, or sexual abuse (Gosselin, pp. 179-180, …show more content…
First of all, men are less likely than women to seek treatment and more reluctant to make a disclosure about sexual abuse for fear that it will not be seen as a victimization experience. In addition, many men feel as if “real men” do not experience abuse, which is why men who are abused are more likely to feel as if they failed to protect themselves. Furthermore, men are more likely to develop a low self-esteem after being victimized which may lead them to try and control others, abuse alcohol or drugs, engage in compulsive behaviors, and victimize others (Gosselin, p. 174,
Younger individuals are most susceptible to this type of violence, which can include sexual assault, rape, physical assault and battery, and verbal and emotional abuse. In fact, dating violence has been documented in middle school relationships. Researchers believe younger populations have had more of a problem with dating violence because they have not yet gained the maturity to handle the frustrations of intimacy, which causes them to react in inappropriate ways. Risk factors associated with dating violence include poor anger management, antisocial personality, poor communication patterns, and having a history of criminal activity, neglect, or sexual abuse (Gosselin, pp. 179-180, …show more content…
First of all, men are less likely than women to seek treatment and more reluctant to make a disclosure about sexual abuse for fear that it will not be seen as a victimization experience. In addition, many men feel as if “real men” do not experience abuse, which is why men who are abused are more likely to feel as if they failed to protect themselves. Furthermore, men are more likely to develop a low self-esteem after being victimized which may lead them to try and control others, abuse alcohol or drugs, engage in compulsive behaviors, and victimize others (Gosselin, p. 174,