6.0% Male and 6.4% Female Reported Spousal Violence; Highlighted List

Gender symmetry in domestic or interpersonal (IPV) violence

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6.0% male and 6.4% female reported spousal violence; highlighted list

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224-x/85-224-x2005000-eng.pdf

Rates of spousal violence by a current or previous partner in the 5 year period were 7% for women and 6% for men, representing an estimated 653,000 women and 546,000 men. While there was no statistically significant change in the level of spousal violence against men since 1999 (7% versus 6%), there was a small but statistically significant decline for women during this period (8% versus 7%).

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-224-x/85-224-x2000000-eng.pdf

According to the 1999 General Social Survey, it is estimated that, in Canada, 7% of people who were married or living in a common-law relationship experienced some type of violence by a partner during the previous 5 years. The 5-year rate of violence was similar for women (8%) and men (7%). Overall, this amounts to approximately 690,000 women and 549,000 men who had a current or former partner in the past five years and reported experiencing at least one incident of violence.

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Council-accused-of-ignoring-domestic.6334734.jp

Council accused of ignoring domestic abuse against men

Abused Men In Scotland

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EQUALITY; Gender symmetry in domestic violence IPV

http://www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm

SUMMARY: This bibliography examines 286 scholarly investigations: 221 empirical studies and 65 reviews and/or analyses, which demonstrate that women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners. The aggregate sample size in the reviewed studies exceeds 371,600.

http://www.child.alberta.ca/home/images/familyviolence/doc_opfvb_sheet_Men_colour.pdf

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http://www.child.alberta.ca/home/documents/familyviolence/doc_opfvb_booklet_men_colour.pdf

Most Canadians do not physically abuse their partners. However, a report that came out in 2006 shows it does happen more than we would like to think. In the survey, about seven per cent of women and six per cent of men said their partners had abused them in the past five years. Women who are abused are more likely to be sexually assaulted, beaten, choked or threatened with a weapon. Men who are abused are more likely to be slapped, kicked, bitten or hit, or have something thrown at them.

Nineteen per cent of men abused by their partners say the violence caused physical injury.

Ten per cent of men who experienced violence feared for their lives.

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http://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/intimate-partner-violence/measuring.htm

Are Men and Women Equally as Likely to Be Victims or Offenders?

The National Family Violence Survey (NFVS) found nearly equal rates of assault (11–12 percent) by an intimate partner among both men and women. If so-called "minor" violence such as pushing and shoving is excluded, the rate is around 3 percent — more than twice the rate found in NVAWS.

http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/NISVS_Report2010-a.pdf

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Men Lifetime 12 months

Physical violence 45% 53%

Men Lifetime 12 months

Slap, push, shove 46% 54%

Severe 35% 42%

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Men Lifetime 12 months

Psychological 49% 55%

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