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{{B}}Men Too May Suffer from Domestic Violence{{/B}} Nearly three in 10 men have experienced violence at the hands of an intimate partner during their lifetimes, according to one of the few studies to look{{U}} (51) {{/U}}domestic violence and health among men. "Many men actually do experience domestic violence, although we don't hear about it{{U}} (52) {{/U}}," Dr. Robert J. Reid of the University of Washington in Seattle, one of the study's authors, told Reuters Health. "They often don't tell{{U}} (53) {{/U}}we don't ask. We want to get the message out to men who{{U}} (54) {{/U}}experience domestic violence that they are not alone and there are resources available to{{U}} (55) {{/U}}." The researchers asked study participants about physical abuse and non-physical{{U}} (56) {{/U}}such as threats that made them{{U}} (57) {{/U}}for their safety, controlling behavior (for example, being told who they could associate with and where they could go), and constant name-calling. Among men 18 to 54 years old, 14.2 percent said they had experienced intimate partner{{U}} (58) {{/U}}in the past five years, while 6.1 percent reported domestic violence in the previous year. Rates were lower for men 55 and{{U}} (59) {{/U}}, with 5.3 percent reporting violence in the past five years and 2.4 percent having experienced it in the past 12 months. Overall, 30. 5 percent of men younger than 55 and 26.5 percent of older men said they had been victims of{{U}} (60) {{/U}}violence at some point in their lives. About half of the violence the men{{U}} (61) {{/U}}was physical. However, the physical violence men reported wasn't as harsh as{{U}} (62) {{/U}}suffered by women in a previous study; 20 percent to 40 percent of the men rated it as severe, compared to 61 percent of{{U}} (63) {{/U}}. Men who reported experiencing domestic violence had more emotional and mental health problems{{U}} (64) {{/U}}those who had not, especially older men, the{{U}} (65) {{/U}}found. |