Boys Are Victims of Domestic Violence.

The article presents information on a study on the frequency of abuse of boys in homes located in neighborhoods in which abuse of intimate partners and girls is common, and to see whether men who were abused as children have profiles of health and social problems known to occur frequently in men who abuse partners and children. Although abuse of intimate partners and girls gets much attention, boys also experience physical abuse in the home. Our understanding of abuse of boys is limited. In several surveys, 25% to 50% of men have reported physical abuse as children. The study found that one hundred of the 197 men (51%) studied had experienced physical abuse in the home when they were children, and 57 of them had experienced severe abuse.