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30.6% of women and 31.0% of men experienced physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetimes. | 30.6% of women and 31.0% of men experienced physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetimes. | ||
If one also includes rape and stalking (which includes threats of violence), then the lifetime figures for women and men were respectively 37.3% and 30.9% in 2010-2012, and 36.4% and 33.6% in 2015, with smaller differences for the previous 12 months: 6.6% and 6.4% in 2010-2012, and 5.5% and 5.2% in 2015. | If one also includes rape and stalking (which includes threats of violence), then the lifetime figures for women and men were respectively 37.3% and 30.9% in 2010-2012, and 36.4% and 33.6% in 2015, with smaller differences for the previous 12 months: 6.6% and 6.4% in 2010-2012, and 5.5% and 5.2% in 2015. | ||
Overall, this suggests men are surprisingly commonly the victims of intimate partner violence, roughly on par with women. | Overall, this suggests men are surprisingly commonly the victims of intimate partner violence, roughly on par with women. |