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Taken the data on the previous 12 months together from 2010-2015, and only considering physical violence, men indeed experienced slightly more violence (4.4% vs 3.6%), which is significant at p < 0.001. | Taken the data on the previous 12 months together from 2010-2015, and only considering physical violence, men indeed experienced slightly more violence (4.4% vs 3.6%), which is significant at p < 0.001. | ||
In both reports, women reported about 2.4 times as often a psychological or life impact of their victimization experiences (such as being fearful, concerned for safety, PTSD, injury, need for medical care, housing services, victim advocate services, legal services, missed at least one day of work or school, and contacting a crisis hotline), which is in line with women's overall higher anxiety levels. | In both reports (2010-2012 and 2015), women reported about 2.4 times as often a psychological or life impact of their victimization experiences (such as being fearful, concerned for safety, PTSD, injury, need for medical care, housing services, victim advocate services, legal services, missed at least one day of work or school, and contacting a crisis hotline), which is in line with women's overall higher anxiety levels. | ||
Analysts report that these statistics are not given much attention as society tends to treat female-on-male violence as a joke or punchline, and so much momentum has been built towards building the falsehood that only women can be victims of partner physical violence or abuse. | Analysts report that these statistics are not given much attention as society tends to treat female-on-male violence as a joke or punchline, and so much momentum has been built towards building the falsehood that only women can be victims of partner physical violence or abuse. |