Recent findings report that 2 million women are abused each year by their husbands. The number could be as high as 4 million if ex-husbands and boyfriends were included in the studies. In l995 with a spouse population of about 648,200 approximately 13,390 women were abused. Women are as violent as are men, and women initiate violence as often as do men. Men are victims of violence sometimes, but the frequency and level of severity is usually less than women who are abused.
Men are unlikely victims of violence.
Most violent acts are committed by men, although a small percentage of men experience abuse. Often, men do not report being abuse by their spouse. Male and female violence has the same impact. He is rarely dominated through a pattern of coercive control. Self reports from men and women reveal that women are fearful of their violent husband but most men did not report being afraid of their wife.