I remember reading a similar report. So basically to sum it up, men are in fact less likely to protect or intervene and women are also much more likely to be attacked by men who are meant to protect them. All in all, I don't see a lot of the 'protecting' men are professing to do. Obviously i'm not talking about all men, many do indeed protect their families.
Really sad how women are much more likely to be attacked and die at the hands of men who meant to protect. It's harrowing stuff indeed.
That is true. Law enforcement also appears to lack a sense of urgency to intervene in IPV-related incidents especially where there is no physical harm but rather a pattern of controlling behaviour (referred to as psychological violence). However coercive control can evolve into physical abuse. It can also be exclusively psychological.
In Canada, it wasn't until 2021 that they considered adding coercive control to the criminal code.
There appears to be a pervasive issue. Some are willful ignorance (where they think it is a problem elsewhere). Also, regarding IPV, the impression is it only happens to those of low SES. Which is not true. There is often an attitude of denial.Emily, now 40, says she spent years trying to get her ex-husband to stop contacting her. When she left her marriage almost five years ago, she found herself jobless, homeless and living in a transition house with her young son. (Dave Rae/CBC) Emily thought that when she left her marriage almost five years ago, she and her ex-husband would part ways amicably. But she said the harassment only got worse, to the point where she was unable to function.
I am aware that men are victims of violence but the focus of the discussion was violence against women. Also, substance use is not the reason. It only makes an already abusive individual more abusive. Also, you can find domestic abuse in two parent families as well. You need not be fatherless. Though the dynamic is likely one which is emotionally distant and controlling. It's not merely the downtrodden or poorest members of society either. Though it is overrepresented among those experiencing financial strain.That's fucked up, I haven't looked it up but it might be due to substance abuse or the spouse seeking divorce or ending the relationship, it's more likely to come from a more emotional man that hasn't had a father figure in his life.
Just my own experience from witnessing my childhood friend hit his mother around the age of 12 or 13 he used to shout and had anger issues, he never had a father figure, his dad was in jail, he got kicked out at 16 by his mom, he was drinking and smoking weed, I lost touch with him around this time, a few years back he was arrested for physically assaulting his girlfriend.