![@thetinmen which is further evidenced within several hundred studies. [1] 'found gender symmetry in perpetration'L Prof Murray Straus (2010) ananalysis of 200+ studies 'women are as physically [2] aggressive as men (or more) " Prof Martin Fiebert (2014) abibliography of 343 studies 28.3% of women and 21.6% men reported perpetrating physical violence in an intimate relationship. [3] Prof. Sarah Desmarais (2012) summarised 249 studies](https://thetinmen.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/18055732676439923.jpg)
![@thetinmen And whilst it's true that women experience more severe violence Victims of severe partner violence (past 12 months) NISVS 2010 Men [No ata] Women NISVS 2011 NISVS 2010-2012 NISVS 2016-2017 even these differences are not as large as some people try to suggest.](https://thetinmen.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/17883626913367712.jpg)
I know, the statement ‘men and women are equally likely to experience intimate partner violence’, is a bold, and enormously unpopular thing to say, but the data speaks for itself. And yes, I agree. Assertions as huge as ‘gender parity’ in partner violence, require an equally huge amount of evidence, and thankfully, I have exactly that. A simply staggering amount of evidence. Countless hundreds of papers, gathered over forty years. Dozens of national surveys, sampling tens of thousands of people. Enormous meta analyses, rigorously captured by the world’s greatest experts in family violence. Not the loose number crunching by political organizations, or private charities, the empty claims of armchair experts with an axe to grind, or newspapers with an ideological bent; this is big data from non-partisan organisations, and evidence based research, that stretches over decades, on an entirely different level. So yes – It’s frustrating to see this mountain of compelling knowledge, so carefully complied, by leading experts, and revealing of such a serious issue, so easily waved away as if it doesn’t exist. Doubly so, when the waving hand presents so little, if any, research of their own. And let’s not forget what we’re debating here; which is the existence of tens of millions of forgotten male victims, who’ve been quietly erased and left behind, for the past fifty years. The unpopular truth, that sleeps in tents or in cars, living in misery, and marinating in violence, as they patiently wait for us to find our voice. And yes, I know better than anyone, it’s hard to talk about these men. But whatever difficulty we face today, is nothing compared to what’s waiting for denialists, when the shocking, terrible truth is inevitably revealed, years from now. So who will dare look beyond politics, to see the evidence, and save the lives of these men? What do you think? NISVS 2010 https://tinyurl.com/ya6ef5td 2011 https://tinyurl.com/fwnwfrre 2012 https://tinyurl.com/2kkfss2k 2016/17 https://tinyurl.com/2up4665m [1] https://tinyurl.com/3szpncnp [2] https://tinyurl.com/4djswy3c [3] https://tinyurl.com/3zebp5cj
2025-09-09