Violence against Men

Examples of Violence against Men in the following topics:

• Spousal Abuse

  • Debate revolves around the rates at which each gender is subjected to domestic violence and whether abused men should be provided the same resources and shelters that exist for female victims.
  • Some studies suggest that men are less likely to report being victims of domestic violence due to social stigmas.
  • Other sources argue that the rate of domestic violence against men is often inflated due to the practice of including self-defense as a form of domestic violence.
  • Another study has demonstrated a high degree of acceptance by women of aggression against men.
  • Evaluate the gender differences in domestic violence against both men and women in heterosexual and homosexual relationships

• Aggression: Harming

  • Because the terms "aggression" and "violence" are used interchangeably in daily language, it is important to distinguish aggression from violence.
  • Violence, however, is an extreme expression of anger.
  • Not all aggression leads to violence.
  • In one study, American men resorted to physical aggression more readily than Japanese or Spanish men, whereas Japanese men preferred direct verbal conflict more than their American and Spanish counterparts (Andreu et al., 1998).
  • For example, people's beliefs about the acceptability of violence against Jewish people in Pakistan predicted whether they would join an extremist group.

• Discrimination Based on Sex and Gender

  • Discrimination based on sex and gender contributes to harassment, unequal treatment, and violence against women, girls, and transgender and gender non-conforming people.
  • According to feminist theory, misogyny can be manifested in numerous ways, including sexual discrimination, belittling of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women.
  • Although the exact rates are widely disputed, there is a large body of cross-cultural evidence that women are subjected to domestic violence significantly more often than men.
  • The United Nations recognizes domestic violence as a form of gender-based violence, which it describes as a human rights violation and a result of sexism.
  • Across all races and ethnicities studied, women consistently earn less than men.

• Gender Discrimination

  • Gender stereotypes are widely held beliefs about the characteristics and behavior of women and men.
  • Many of the stereotypes that result in gender discrimination are not only descriptive, but also prescriptive beliefs about how men and women "should" behave.
  • For example, women who are considered to be too assertive or men who lack physical strength are often criticized and historically faced societal backlash.
  • They can also facilitate or impede intellectual performance, such as the stereotype threat that lower women's performance on mathematics tests, due to the stereotype that women have inferior quantitative skills compared to men's, or when the same stereotype leads men to assess their own task ability higher than women performing at the same level.
  • Violence against women, including sexual assault, domestic violence, and sexual slavery, remains a serious problem around the world.

• Sexism

  • Sexism is discrimination against people based on their perceived sex or gender.
  • Others believe that while women are superior to men in a few aspects, in most aspects men are superior to women.
  • In short, nearly 1/4 of cisgender Americans maintain sexist attitudes against women (trans people are not counted in the surveys).
  • Another common form of sexism is violence, especially violence toward women and trans people.
  • Similarly, recent reports show steady patterns wherein trans people suffer more gender related violence than any other social group.

• Family Violence

  • Family violence is defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one family member against another.
  • Coercing a person to engage in sexual activity against his or her will, even if that person is a spouse or intimate partner with whom consensual sex has occurred, is an act of aggression and violence.
  • Coercing a person to engage in sexual activity against their will, even if that person is a spouse or intimate partner with whom consensual sex has occurred, is an act of aggression and violence.
  • Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one partner against another in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation.
  • Coercing a person to engage in sexual activity against his or her will, even if that person is a spouse or intimate partner with whom consensual sex has occurred, is an act of aggression and violence.

• Sexual Violence

  • The most commonly discussed form of sexual violence is rape.
  • Forms of sexual violence include: rape by strangers, marital rape, date rape, war rape, unwanted sexual harassment, demanding sexual favors, sexual abuse of children, sexual abuse of disabled individuals, forced marriage, child marriage, denial of the right to use contraception, denial of the right to take measures to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases, forced abortion, genital mutilation, forced circumcision, and forced prostitution.
  • Sexual violence has a profound impact on physical and mental health.
  • Neither vantage point is simple; some women in Africa accept the practice, while others have been vocal in speaking out against the practice.
  • Sexual violence is severly under reported.

• The Patriots

  • Patriots were members of the 13 British colonies who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.
  • "Patriots," as they came to be known, were members of the 13 British colonies who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution, supporting instead the U.S.
  • Confident that independence lay ahead, Patriots alienated many fellow colonists by resorting to violence against tax collectors and pressuring others to declare a position in this conflict.
  • These men were architects of the early Republic and are counted among the Founding Fathers and architects of the Constitution of the United States.
  • Patriots were also known as American Whigs, Revolutionaries, Congress-Men, and Rebels.

• Effects of the Peloponnesian War

  • Citizens reacted against Athens’ defeat, blaming democratic politicians, such as Cleon and Cleophon.
  • Despite all this, not all Athenian men had their rights removed.
  • In fact, 3,000 such men were chosen by the Thirty to share in the government of Athens.
  • Eventually, the level of violence and brutality carried out by the Thirty in Athens led to increased opposition, stemming primarily from a rebel group of exiles led by Thrasybulus, a former trierarch in the Athenian navy.
  • This led to a number of Spartan expeditions against Thebes, known as The Boeotian War.

• Sexual Harassment

  • The person intimidating a victim about his or her sexuality could be male or female; men and women can both be perpetrators of sexual harassment.
  • Even though sexual harassment is less violent than other forms of sexual violence such as rape, victims still suffer serious consequences.
  • Victimhood for individuals subjected to sexual harassment can take a different and equally complicated form as victimhood for individuals who suffer from attacks for physical violence.
  • Sexual violence that is expressed in terms of some sort of physical assault against a victim has become a condemnable act; victims of physical violence are more likely to find others who are sympathetic to their understandable distress.