Battered Husband:
An Unaddressed Problem

Billboards, radio, and TV ads across the country proclaim that "every fifteen seconds a women is beaten by a man." Violence against women is clearly a problem of national importance, but has anyone ever asked how often men are beaten by women? The unfortunate fact is that men are the victims of domestic violence at least as often as women are. While the very idea of men being beaten by their wives runs contrary to many of our deeply ingrained beliefs about men and women, female violence against men is a well-documented phenomenon almost completely ignored by both the media and society.

"... she started pawing and ripping at him with her fingers, scratching his back and face..."
From Dec. 12, 1990 police report detailing the beating of Stanley G. by his wife

"... multiple bruises, abrasions and lacerations... chest wall contusion... psychological trauma..."
From the hospital injury report of the same incident

These reports......

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