Prevalence and Predictors of Psychological Violence Against Male Victims in Intimate Relationships in Canada

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

2020

The concept of intimate partner violence (IPV) implies gender-neutrality in the experiences of violence. Gender symmetry in IPV implies similar numbers of men and women victims. Data from the 2014 Canadian General Social Survey (Victimization) indicate that 262,267 men and 159,829 women were victims of self-reported spousal violence over the past 5 years. Despite the prevailing notion that IPV predominantly affects female victims, these data suggest that men too are victims of IPV, especially in heterosexual relationships. However, very few qualitative studies have shed light on heterosexual male victims’ experiences of IPV. This article describes some of these experiences and also seeks to understand the effects of IPV on male victims. Qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews with 16 male victims of IPV were used to explore their experience of physical IPV and psychological IPV, as well as the consequences of such abuse. Results revealed common themes pertaining to the type of abuses (i.e., physical, controlling and threatening behaviours, and verbal abuse) male victims experienced and the subsequent physical and psychological impacts. This study identifies the need to distinguish between physically and psychologically abused male victims of IPV.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiences of Physical and Psychological Violence Against Male Victims in Canada: A Qualitative Study

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

2020

“…It has also provided an avenue to contribute to rethinking the notion of the missing and murdered Aboriginal people as a women-only issue. The data has shown that most men are far less likely than women to report their victimhood experiences to friends or to the police (Burczycka & Ibrahim, 2016;Dutton & White, 2013;Dim & Elabor-Idemudia, 2018;Nagesh, 2016;Robertson & Murachver, 2009) because they do not see their victimhood experiences as worthy of reporting.…”

Section: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men And Men's Issues In Canadamentioning

confidence: 99%

Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous People and the Imperative for a More Inclusive Perspective

Hansen

2019

iipj

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) emerged to bring attention to the overrepresentation of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. It has raised awareness about systemic racism and sexism as well as social and economic conditions experienced by Canada's Indigenous population. Yet, research shows that Indigenous males are the most likely to be murdered in Canada (Mulligan, Axford, & Soecki, 2016). Since Indigenous men are going missing and are murdered in disturbing numbers, and they are fathers, brothers, and sons to Indigenous women and girls, it is understandable that many in the Indigenous community wanted to include them in the inquiry. Our analysis explores how the MMIWG and discourses about inclusion and exclusion have been framed in ways that limit interpretations about the root causes of problems experienced by Indigenous people, especially when they exclude an important part of the Indigenous population—Indigenous males. We draw upon Indigenous perceptions of the inquiry and analyses of social norms and stereotypes in order to explore the conflicting positions and experiences associated with missing and murdered Indigenous people in Canada. We conclude by exploring the need for a more comprehensive inquiry. We recognize that a holistic model of inquiry that honours the voices of Indigenous communities is crucial to a proper investigation into missing and murdered Indigenous people in Canada.

“…Children, who sometimes experience child abuse or witness violence between their parents, tend to accept, unconsciously, violent behavior as a means of resolving conflict in relationships (Dibal, 2014). There have been studies that reveal the link between the experience of marital violence with past experience of abuse from childhood, either witnessing violence between parents or childhood victimization (Capaldi et al, 2012; Dim & Elabor-Idemudia, 2018; Fawole et al, 2005; Nwabunike & Tenkorang, 2017; Onigbogi et al, 2013). Such experiences from childhood are accepted as a way of being in the world, as such individuals may view violence as part of the social reality of dealing with conflicts, tensions, and stress in intimate relationships (Dibal, 2014).…”

Section: Theoretical Underpinningsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Structure, Social Learning, and the Severity of Physical Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Nigeria

Elabor-Idemudia

2018

J Interpers Violence

Self Cite

Using the Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) of 2013, this study applies the social structure (feminist) and social learning perspective in understanding the severity of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) in Nigeria. About 26,403 married women were analyzed from the 2013 NDHS data. Multinomial regression was used to analyze variables that capture the social structural and social learning perspectives in relation to women's experience of minor and severe physical IPV. The study revealed that primary and secondary educational attainment, and being employed predicted severe physical IPV victimization. Alcohol consumption by the respondents' spouses, being a victim of childhood abuse, and witnessing IPV between parents predicted severe physical IPV. The finding of this study implies that experiences of IPV take place within a sociocultural context that shapes the social realities of the average Nigerian woman.