CDC Study hides DV against men

Last month the CDC released its National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. The media coverage stressed the harm to women from intimate partner violence. A lot of the controversy surrounds its expanded definition of rape to include sex while high or drunk. But in the meantime, nobody noticed the data it hid about male victims of physical violence.

I've put up an article on http://batteredmen.com/NISVS.htm to refute that. My summary highlights the data they hid:

According to a 2010 national survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Department of Justice, in the last 12 months more men than women were victims of intimate partner physical violence and over 40% of severe physical violence was directed at men. Men were also more often the victim of psychological aggression and control over sexual or reproductive health. Despite this, few services are available to male victims of intimate partner violence.

They tried to define some new areas of domestic violence, psychological abuse and control over sexual / reproductive health ("refused to use condom, tried to get pregnant") Guess what - more men than women were victims of these two forms of violence.

Their summary stresses how much women are victimized, and barely mentions men.

Please spread the word - get the info out that men are abused.

Bert
Bert H. Hoff
WebMaster, MenWeb and MenWeb Battered Men
http://www.batteredmen.com/