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Press Room Fox News: “Men Also Suffer from Domestic Violence” ABC News: “Turning the Tables” Fact Sheet Press Releases Media Inquiries: Mark Rosenthal at or 781-956-1034 Unjustly Accused of Abuse? Your change can help bring about change.

Results From International Dating Violence Study Data from Dominance And Symmetry In Partner Violence By Male And Female University Students In 32 Nations, http://pubpages.unh.edu/%7Emas2/ID41-PR41-Dominance-symmetry-In-Press-07.pdf, published in Children and Youth Services Review, 2008, Murray A. Straus, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire. Show data for: All Violence     Severe Violence Table 2. Prevalence And Bidirectionality of Any Physical Violence Percent of Violent Relationships All Violence Click column header to sort MUTUALITY TYPE All (median) 31.2% 9.9% 21.4% 68.6% Australia 20.2% 14.0% 21.0% 64.9% Belgium 33.4% 11.2% 19.8% 68.8% Brazil 22.0% 15.2% 13.5% 71.1% Canada 24.9% 9.4% 22.1% 68.3% China 34.7% 6.9% 31.7% 61.2% Germany 26.6% 12.4% 24.8% 62.7% Great Britain 37.5% 4.2% 19.2% 76.5% Greece 28.5% 26.2% 16.2% 57.5% Guatemala 24.2% 8.3% 25.0% 66.6% Hong Kong 37.0% 7.7% 36.9% 55.2% Hungary 22.7% 12.5% 17.5% 70.0% India 32.3% 8.3% 16.6% 75.0% Iran 77.1% 4.0% 1.3% 94.6% Israel 18.6% 9.8% 27.8% 62.3% Japan 21.4% 7.6% 11.5% 80.7% Lithuania 33.9% 5.6% 23.5% 70.7% Malta 19.1% 21.7% 30.4% 47.8% Mexico 44.1% 6.6% 15.5% 77.7% Netherlands 31.7% 4.6% 24.2% 71.0% New Zealand 27.9% 8.7% 28.2% 63.0% Portugal 16.6% 13.6% 22.7% 63.6% Romania 31.9% 6.9% 25.5% 67.4% Russia 32.2% 2.8% 27.1% 70.0% Singapore 22.7% 9.4% 32.0% 58.4% South Africa 39.5% 7.6% 10.2% 82.0% South Korea 32.2% 8.0% 19.3% 72.5% Sweden 17.9% 11.8% 28.4% 59.7% Switzerland 24.7% 9.4% 25.8% 64.7% Taiwan 36.1% 6.7% 25.4% 67.8% Tanzania 37.4% 6.9% 1.7% 91.3% United States 30.0% 9.7% 20.6% 69.6% Venezuela 24.3% 17.4% 19.0% 63.4%

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