International Journal of Men's Health back issues from March 2007:
The re-emergence of male victims.
Mar 22, 2007; ... Author presents an introduction to this special issue dealing with male victims of violence by women. The author argues that the scholarly neglect of this topic has limited our overall understanding of violence in intimate relationships. A brief overview of the papers is presented. ...
The "great taboo" and the role of patriarchy in husband and wife abuse.
Mar 22, 2007; ... The role of historical memes such as the "Rule of Thumb" is explored and documented to illustrate how the notion of patriarchy defined as "male dominance over women" is deeply flawed. The "Rule of Thumb" as anything other than a rough and ready measure is shown to be both a historical myth ...
Effects of sexual assaults on men: physical, mental and sexual consequences.
Mar 22, 2007; ... Research addressing the sexual assault of men is a fairly recent development in the medical, health care, psychological and sociological literature. Research in both community and institutionalized populations has focused on documenting the existence of this phenomenon and establishing ...
Toward a gender-inclusive conception of intimate partner violence research and theory: part 1--traditional perspectives.
Mar 22, 2007; ... Some three decades after the first shelters for battered women were established in England and the United States, public discourse and public policy on intimate partner violence (IPV) has framed the problem in terms of male perpetration and female victimization. Ideally, policy ought to be ...
Female intimate partner violence and developmental trajectories of abusive females.
Mar 22, 2007; ... A review of the research literature indicates that female intimate partner violence (IPV) is a frequent as male IPV. It is just as severe and has much the same consequences for males as for females. Despite these findings, criminal justice intervention and custody evaluation operate from ...