Results

Women 70% of perpetrators of non-reciprocal IPV

Adolescent girls more likely than boys (35% vs. 29%) to be physically violent with dating partners as boys

Adolescent girls more likely than boys (41% vs. 37%) to be victims of dating violence

Violence as common in lesbian relationships as in heterosexual relationships

36% of IPV murder ("intimate killing") victims are men

Rates of physical assault victimization: 12% men, 11.6% women

Rates of severe physical assault victimization: 3.8% men, 4.6% women

Over 160 studies show gender symmetry in perpetration in IPV

Among IPV, ~50% of cases are mutually violent couples

Men sustain 1/3 of IPV injuries

Men are 1/3 of IPV deaths

70% of female-initiated IPV is not in self-defense

60% of severe female-initiated IPV is not in self-defense

Self-defense-related IPV is higher for men (56%) than women (42%)

National Institute of Justice stated that grant proposals involving male victims of IPV are not eligible for funding

38% of IPV victims are men

53% of IPV victims are men

21.6% of male vs. 12.7% of female IPV victims threatened with knives

The first helpline for male victims of IPV - DAHM - only opened in 2000 (it is now closed)

Male IPV victims received less than 0.05% of emergency shelter or transitional housing assistance

Only 8% of victims of IPV served through federal domestic violence grant programs are men

36% of victims of IPV are male

53% of victims of IPV are male

Within the last 12 months, men were victims of intimate partner physical violence than women (5,365,000 vs 4,741,000).

Within the last 12 months, men were 41.7% of the victims of severe intimate partner physical violence (2,266,000 out of 5,429,000).

Within the last 12 months, men were more often the victims of coercive control from an intimate partner (57.6%, 17,253,000 of 29,942,000).

Within the last 12 months, men were more often the victims of psychological aggression from an intimate partner (55.3%, 20,548,000 of 37,126,000).

Within the last 12 months, men were 46.2% of the victims of expressive psychological aggression (10,573,000 out of 22,907,000).

Men are more likely than women to have an intimate partner try to control their reproductive or sexual health - having an intimate partner who tried to achieve a pregnancy when they did not want to or tried to stop them from using birth control (10.4% male victimization vs. 8.6% female victimization) .

Severe injuries (e.g., broken bones, loss of consciousness) were relatively rare. Less than 1% of men and women arrestees have been found to inflict serious injuries in IPV incidents

Although men were more likely to be arrested for IPV, nonofficial data indicate that these same men were not significantly higher than were their women partners in physical and psychological aggression or in mean levels of more severe physical aggression.

13.66% of couples reported male-to-female IPV while 18.20% of couples reported female-to-male IPV. (A 33% difference)

3.63% of couples reported severe male-to-female IPV while 7.52% of couples reported severe female-to-male IPV. (Over a 100% difference)