Since many women experience multiple victimizations every year, an estimated 5.9 million physical assaults are perpetrated against U. S. women annually. Women are the victims of intimate violence and homicide significantly more often than men. U. S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violence by Intimates, 2000. Each day, more than three women in the United States are murdered by a male intimate partner. U. S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violence by Intimates, 2000.
Women are more likely to be victims of homicide when they separate from their husbands.
Florida Governor's Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Florida Mortality Review Project, p. 47, 1997. One-third of all police time is spent responding to domestic violence disturbance calls. The Facts, 1996. Each year, between 50,00 and 100,000 lesbians and as many gay men are battered. U. L. Review, p.335, 1995.