Every few years, the CDC releases their National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS); which is arguably America’s largest, and highest quality survey on intimate partner violence. In the previous release, from 2015/16, and in every NISVS published prior (2010, 2010-12, and 2015), the data revealed near gender parity in victimisation of intimate partner violence; a shocking, and deeply unpopular finding, that you will have seen on TheTinMen. But in the new survey, released just a few weeks ago, things have changed; with the cumulative victims of those who experienced sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner, shifting from near 50:50, to become 70:30, with women as the majority. How this breaks down into physical violence, coercive control, and psychological aggression, is closer to parity, at roughly 60:40, but still, the shift in the latest survey is clear, and worth discussing. The CDC have noted they have changed the survey questions, emphasising coercive control, and psychological aggression, as well as changing to an online, rather than phone-based survey as previously used. Furthermore, we all know that since the last survey (in 2015/16) a huge societal shift has happened, with #MeToo making violence against women a national conversation in 2017, which certainly will have encouraged more women to disclose their abuse too. Whatever the reason, what is most important, is that even though this new data shows men as ‘just’ 30% of IPV victims overall, this still represents millions of American men, who should not be waved away as insignificant. So what do you think of the stats? How can you explain this rather dramatic shift? And how do we support all victims, no matter the gender, and no matter how few? What do you think? ~ NISVS 23/24 https://tinyurl.com/9zxy3y8w

2026-03-18