While this fact is technically true about women it is more likely to occur in homes below the poverty income level, in minority households and among men and women 18-30 years of age. In the Army, the idea that soldiers who perform well on the job are unlikely to use violence against their spouse is not necessarily the case. 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.