Web resource:	http://www.adfvc.unsw.edu.au/PDF%20files/Newsletter_21.pdf
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Are men and women equally violent? understanding claim making
Other Titles:	Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse newsletter
Authors:	Fisher, Stephen
Keywords:	Men as victims;Measurement
Year:	2005
Publisher:	Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse, UNSW
Citation:	21, April 2005
Notes:	This article presents some of the issues raised from a forum, ‘Are men equally violent?’, conducted by the combined South Western Sydney local domestic violence committees in December 2004. It cites key literature and research. It finds that claims about violence against men are continually made despite contrary evidence. It refers to criticisms of the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) used in some research to measure violence, including its lack of recognition of female violence as self-defence, treating violent acts out of context, ignoring the seriousness of psychological forms of violence, and its inability to contextualise intimate partner abuse as power and control tactics used to intimidate. It also outlines tactics used to discredit or refute claims that men are not equally victims of domestic violence, such as the tactic of polarising debate and then moving the centre ground to a position more favourable to the view that men and women are equally violent.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13449
ISSN:	1443-7236
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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