Abuso doméstico y violencia contra los hombres

1. Peru
   Immigration Documentation Project
2. Domestic
   violence has many forms including
4. Centers
   for Disease Control
5. Reasons
   given for non-reporting
6. Man
   attempt to remain unemotional
7. The
   door to violence has opened wide
8. Man
   has tried to hide his anger
9. Domestic
   abuse and violence against men
10. The
    Problem with Assumptions about Domestic Abuse and
    Violence
11. What
    Is Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Men?
12. Why
    Does Domestic Abuse Against Men Go
    Unrecognized?
13. The
    characteristics of men or women who are abusive fall into three
    categories
14. Bibliography
    and References

Domestic Abuse and
Violence against Men

Peru Immigration Documentation
Project

There are many reasons why we don't know more about
domestic abuse and violence against men. There are no absolute
rules for understanding the emotional differences between men and
women. There are principles and dynamics that allow
interpretation of individual situations.  Domestic abuse and
violence against men and women have some similarities and
difference. Domestic abuse can also be mental or emotional. 
However, what will hurt a man mentally and emotionally, can
in some cases be very different from what hurts a
woman.  For some men, being called a coward, impotent or a
failure can have a very different psychological impact than it
would on women.  Unkind and cruel words hurt, but they can
hurt in different ways and linger in different ways.

Hay muchas razones por las que no sabemos
más acerca de la violencia doméstica
contra los hombres. No hay reglas absolutas para la
comprensión de las diferencias emocionales entre hombres y
mujeres. Pero hay principios y las dinámicas
que permiten la interpretación de las
situaciones individuales. El abuso doméstico y la violencia
contra los hombres y las mujeres tienen algunas similitudes y
diferencias. El abuso doméstico también puede ser
mental o emocional. Sin embargo, lo que va a herir a un hombre mentalmente y
emocionalmente, en algunos casos puede ser muy diferente de lo
que duele una mujer. Para algunos hombres, ser
llamado un cobarde, impotente o un fracaso puede tener un impacto
psicológico muy diferente de lo que en las mujeres. Poco
amable y las crueles palabras duelen, pero puede hacer daño de diferentes
maneras y persisten en diferentes formas.

Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal
abuse, child abuse or intimate partner violence, can be broadly
defined a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in
an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family,
friends or cohabitation.

Domestic violence has many forms
including

• physical aggression (hitting, kicking, biting,
  shoving, restraining, throwing objects), or threats thereof;
  sexual abuse; emotional abuse; controlling or domineering;
  intimidation; stalking; passive/covert abuse (neglect); and
  economic deprivation. Domestic violence may or may not
  constitute a crime, depending on local statues, severity and
  duration of specific acts, and other variables. Alcohol
  consumption and mental illness have frequently been
  associated with abuse.

Awareness, perception and documentation of domestic
violence differ from country to country, and from era to era.
Estimates are that only about a third of cases of domestic
violence are actually reported in the United States and the
United Kingdom. According to the Centers for Disease Control, domestic violence is a
serious, preventable public health problem affecting more than 32
million Americans, or over 10% of the U. S.
population.

Violence between spouses has long been considered a
serious problem. The United States has a lengthy history of legal
precedent condemning spousal abuse. In 1879, law scholar Nicholas
St. John Green wrote, "The cases in the American courts
are uniform against the right of the husband to use any
[physical] chastisement, moderate or otherwise, toward the wife,
for any purpose." Green also cites the 1641 Body of
Liberties of the Massachusetts Bay colonists -— one of the
first legal documents in North American history —- as an
early de jure condemnation of violence by either
spouse.