Also, more women report having slapped a male partner, but the difference for inflicted victimization on this or any other item between the sexes was not significant. On the remaining three items, which are also potentially more serious, men and women report almost equally being the victim of such an act. E. Pushed Grabbed etc. Item victimization as reported by men and women given as both numbers and percentages of the male and female sample for all relationships and current relationship categories. In current relationships, however, this analysis would be symptomatic of a chronicity of aggression within that relationship.
Percentages quoted are the percentages of the total men or female sample.
Thus, approximately one third of assaulted women, as opposed to one fourth of assaulted men, reported experiencing three or more types of assault. From cross tabulations of each item of physical victimization against the other four items, it was apparent that the greater the level of assaultive act, the greater the likelihood that those reporting experience of it would also identify they had experienced all lesser forms of assault. A similar pattern also existed for inflicted victimization. Return to the MenWeb section on Battered Men .