Denise Hines and Emily Douglas have published the first article from their project on male victims of partner abuse.

Entitled, A Closer Look at Men Who Sustain Intimate Terrorism by Women it appears in Partner Abuse, Volume 1, Number 3 and can also be accessed thru the Men’s Experiences with Partner Aggression Project website.

Abstract:
Over thirty years of research has established that both men and women are capable of sustaining intimate partner violence (IPV) by their opposite-sex partners, yet little research has examined men’s experiences in such relationships. Some experts in the field have forwarded assumptions about men who sustain IPV – for example, that the abuse they experience is trivial or humorous and of no consequence, and that if their abuse was severe enough they have the financial and psychological resources to easily leave the relationship – but these assumptions are not based on any empirical studies. The present study is an in depth, descriptive examination of 302 men who sustained severe IPV from their female partners within the previous year and sought help. We present information on their demographics, overall mental health, and the types and frequency of various forms of physical and psychological IPV they sustained. We also
provide both quantitative and qualitative information about their last physical argument and their reasons for staying in the relationship. It is concluded that, contrary to many assumptions about these men, the
IPV they sustain is quite severe and both mentally and physically damaging; their most frequent response to their partner’s IPV is to get away from her; and they are often blocked in their efforts to leave, sometimes physically, but more often because of strong psychological and emotional ties to their partners and especially their children. These results are discussed in terms of their implications for policy and practice.

Also of interest in the same issue of Partner Abuse are

Explaining Gender Differences in Police Arresting and Charging Behavior in Cases of Spousal Violence

by Paul Millar and Grant Brown

and

Thirty Years of Denying the Evidence on Gender Symmetry in Partner Violence: Implications for Prevention and Treatment

by Murray A. Straus

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