| Domestic violence (sometimes referred to as | | | | domestic violence and "violence against men". |
| domestic abuse) occurs when a family member, | | | | Domestic violence occurs in all cultures; people of all |
| partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or | | | | races, ethnicities, religions, and classes can be |
| psychologically dominate another. Domestic violence | | | | perpetrators of domestic violence. Domestic violence |
| often refers to violence between spouses, but can | | | | is perpetrated by, and on, both men and women, |
| also include cohabitants and non-married intimate | | | | and occurs in same-sex and opposite-sex |
| partners. The term "intimate partner violence" (IPV) is | | | | relationships. |
| often used synonymously. Other terms include wife | | | | Awareness and documentation of Domestic violence |
| or husband beating, battering, "relationship violence", | | | | Domestic violence has many forms, including physical |
| "domestic abuse", and "spousal abuse". Family violence | | | | violence, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, |
| is a broader definition, often used to include child | | | | economic deprivation or threats of violence. There |
| abuse, elder abuse, and other violent acts between | | | | are a number of dimensions: |
| family members. | | | | * mode - physical, psychological, sexual and/or social |
| Recent attention to Domestic violence Popular | | | | * frequency - on/off, occasional, chronic |
| emphasis has tended to be on women as the victims | | | | * severity - in terms of both psychological or physical |
| of domestic violence although with the rise of the | | | | harm and the need for treatment - transitory or |
| men's movement, and particularly men's rights, there | | | | permanent injury - mild, moderate, severe up to |
| is now some advocacy for men as victims, although | | | | homicide. |
| the statistics concerning the number of male victims | | | | The means used to measure domestic violence |
| given by them are strongly contested by many | | | | strongly influence the results found. |
| groups active in research on or working in the field of | | | | |