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September
Hines and Douglas publish on men’s experiences
with partner abuse
Denise Hines and Emily Douglas have published the
first article from their project on male victims of
partner abuse.
Entitled, A Closer Look at Men Who Sustain
Intimate Terrorism by Women it appears in Partner
Abuse, Volume 1, Number 3 and can also be
accessed thru the Men’s Experiences with
Partner Aggression Project website
Abstract:
Over thirty years of research has established
that both men and women are capable of
sustaining intimate partner violence (IPV) by
their opposite-sex partners, yet little research
has examined men’s experiences in such
relationships. Some experts in the field have
forwarded assumptions about men who sustain IPV
– for example, that the abuse they
experience is trivial or humorous and of no
consequence, and that if their abuse was severe
enough they have the financial and psychological
resources to easily leave the relationship
– but these assumptions are not based on
any empirical studies. The present study is an
in depth, descriptive examination of 302 men who
sustained severe IPV from their female partners
within the previous year and sought help. We
present information on their demographics,
overall mental health, and the types and
frequency of various forms of physical and
psychological IPV they sustained. We also
provide both quantitative and qualitative
information about their last physical argument
and their reasons for staying in the
relationship. It is concluded that, contrary to
many assumptions about these men, the
IPV they sustain is quite severe and both
mentally and physically damaging; their most
frequent response to their partner’s IPV is
to get away from her; and they are often blocked
in their efforts to leave, sometimes physically,
but more often because of strong psychological
and emotional ties to their partners and
especially their children. These results are
discussed in terms of their implications for
policy and practice.
Also of interest in the same issue of Partner
Abuse
are
Explaining Gender Differences in Police
Arresting and Charging Behavior in Cases of Spousal
Violence by Paul Millar and Grant Brown
and
Thirty Years of Denying the Evidence on
Gender Symmetry in Partner Violence: Implications
for Prevention and Treatment by Murray A.
Straus
©2010, Trudy W.
Schuett
* * *
Trudy W.
Schuett is an Arizona-based online veteran with 10
years in cyberspace; an author and multiblogger.
She has held workshops on blogging, writing, and
promo for writers at the New Communications Forum
and Arizona Western College, and has participated
in world blogging events such as Global PR Blog
Week. She is also an advocate for unserved victims
of domestic violence. She is is the author of three
novels, two how-to books and eight blogs. Note:
Books are currently out of print, but two appear in
blog form. She currently publishes New Perspectives
on Partner Abuse at partnerabuse.com.
She has a video at her site that provides a look
into the circumstance of a few men. Entitled,
Husband
Beaters
It is in five parts and was part of the Secret
Lives of Women series on the WE network. She
publishes the AZ
Rural Times
and New
Perspectives on Partner
Abuse ,
she is on Twitter
and Facebook
She lives in Yuma AZ, with her husband, Paul.
desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/
or E-Mail.
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