Introduction Biology, culture, and the media are all cited as factors in men's violence against women, but the causes are far more complicated. Anger and a need for control are cited as common causes of men's violence against their partners.
Sociologists say men tend to be violent against women when they feel their power eroding.
Men who initiate violence against women don't necessarily see it that way. They may mistakenly view their aggression as revenge or retaliation. Violent men tend to act impulsively, using violence to solve problems. Their anger and response to it is also cyclical. First, they feel anger, then they express the anger verbally, then they expel their anger physically by hitting somebody.