Citation

Hines DA, Brown J, Dunning E. J. Fam. Violence 2007; 22(2): 63-72.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-006-9052-0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 22(8) of Journal of Family Violence (see record 2008-08038-013). In the online and print publications the Acknowledgement as well as the address listed under the last author were incorrect. The correct address is as follows: E. Dunning, Family Interventions Project, 4300 Auburn Blvd., Suite 208, Sacramento, CA 95841, USA. And the correct Acknowledgment is as follows: In addition to thanking the members of the Family Research Laboratory for their comments on a previous draft of this article, the authors would also like to thank Mark Rosenthal for his help in preparing the data for analysis.] Intimate partner violence (IPV) by women against men has been the subject of much debate. Feminists typically argue that IPV is committed only by men against women. Others argue that violence is a human problem and women also commit much IPV. To resolve these debates, IPV has been classified into two categories: common couple violence captured by population-based studies, and patriarchal terrorism, captured by studies of battered women. This typology ignores male victims of extreme IPV. The current study addresses this omission by describing 190 male callers to the Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men. All callers experienced physical abuse from their female partners, and a substantial minority feared their wives' violence and were stalked. Over 90% experienced controlling behaviors, and several men reported frustrating experiences with the domestic violence system. Callers' reports indicated that their female abusers had a history of trauma, alcohol/drug problems, mental illness, and homicidal and suicidal ideations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)