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The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey is a survey run periodically by the CDC in the U.S. to assess trends in domestic violence.

The CDC’s report was based on over 18,000 telephone interviews in the U.S. and a total of 9,086 females and 7,421 males completed the survey.

They found that roughly 4.7% of men had been victims of intimate partner physical violence in the previous 12 months, compared with 4.0% women. The difference, however, is only barely significant with p < 0.5, suggesting both sexes are currently reporting to experience about the same amount of violence.

About 32.9% of women and 28.2% of men have experienced physical violence in their lifetime, which is a significantly greater share for women (p < 0.0001).  

About 35.6% of women and 28.5% of men have experienced physical violence, rape and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime, which is a significantly greater share for women (p < 0.0001). Thus, men are surprisingly commonly the victims of intimate partner violence.

Furthermore, the rates of male victimization were found to be rising while the rates of female victimization were falling, which may mean men are now experiencing slightly more violence than women.

In a study from New Zealand, women were more likely to initiate domestic violence. The rate of violence initiation was 37.2% for women and 21.8% for men. 18.6% of women and only 5.7% of men committed severe physical violence. Similar figures were found in an U.S. American sample (Magdol et al., 1997).

Various explanations have been provided for this surprising fact, for example that men face greater consequences are held [[hypoagency|more responsible]], thus being more likely to refrain from using violence. Another explanation would be that women arrest in their emotional development in their mid-teens, are thus more [[neoteny|neotenous]], thus more likely may suffer childish anger tantrums. Women also score higher than men in neuroticism (Kajonius, 2018). Women's neotenous neuroticism and anger may be a [[female sneakiness|sneaky]] adaptation to ensure that they get fed. Women may also test their partner's strength this way. Eibl-Eibesfeldt (1990) summarized that the male dominance/female surrender is a pattern common to many species, reaching back to our common ancestor with lizards. This could explain such a violent testing behavior: Females that tested their man for superior strength more likely could produce strong offspring that could pass such tests, also in physical competition with other men.

* Black MC, Basile KC, Breiding MJ, Smith SG, Walters ML, Merrick, MT, Chen J, Stevens MR. 2011. ''The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 Summary Report.'' CDC. [[https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/nisvs_report2010-a.pdf FullText]]