Men as victims of intimate partner violence

UnHope20 · 2022-04-13T03:00:03+00:00

Intimate partner violence is an important worldwide problem. In general, men are considered perpetrators of this type of violence, but they can also be victims. The experience of men as victims of intimate partner violence is not yet described and characterized in Portugal. The aim of this study is to contribute to characterize this phenomenon to better understand it, including the temporary and permanent physical harm to men’s health, in a medico-legal and forensic perspective.

Results Over this period, 4646 suspected victims of intimate partner violence were examined; 11.5% (n = 535) of them were men. Male victims’ age range was 18–89 years, with an average of 41 years; 61.5% were married; all of the documented cases had completed primary instruction; most of them were employed; 16.2% reported being victims of childhood abuse.

The alleged perpetrators were all females; their age range was 19–81 years, with an average of 38 years; 9.3% had history of alcohol abuse and 12.1% had a psychiatric disorder; 11% claimed to have been abused in the childhood.

Victims were married to the perpetrators in 63.9% of the cases; 81.6% had previous history of intimate partner violence, however, most of them did not report it to the authorities and only a minority sought medical care (8.1%) because of this previous abuses.

Concerning the reported violent episode, the most common mechanisms of aggression were scratching (18.9%), punching (16.7%) and hit with a blunt object (16.6%).

The most common injury was an abrasion; upper limbs were the most frequent injury’s location; 96.1% healed in less than 9 days; 4.9% had sequelae (scars); 36.9% sought medical care.

Title	Men as victims of intimate partner violence
Author	UnHope20
Upvotes	16
Comments	1
Date	April 13, 2022 2:55 AM UTC (4 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
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