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Barriers to Men’s Help Seeking for Intimate Partner Violence
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Evidence suggests that male victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) are less likely to seek help for their victimization than female victims. Studies exploring barriers to help seeking are relatively scarce in the United Kingdom (UK) and those that have been undertaken across Europe, United States, Canada, and Australia have tended to rely on small samples of help-seeking men who have self-identified as victims of IPV. With a view to include more male victim voices in the literature, an anonymous qualitative questionnaire was distributed via social media. In total, 147 men (85% from the UK) who self-identified as being subject to abuse from their female partners, completed the questionnaire. The data was subjected to a deductive thematic analysis and one superordinate and two overarching themes were identified. The superordinate theme was stigmatized gender and the two overarching themes (subthemes in parentheses) were barriers prohibiting help seeking (status and credibility, health and well-being) and responses to initial help seeking (discreditation, exclusion/isolation, and helpfulness). The findings are discussed in the context of Overstreet and Quinn’s (2013) interpersonal violence and stigma model and findings from previous research. The conclusions and recommendations promote education and training and advocate a radical change to policy.
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“Male victims are less likely to seek help for their victimization than female victims (female 81%, male 57%).”
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“There is no empirical consensus regarding IPV experience prevalence among men, variation in the type of IPV experiences, nor in any differences or unique needs resulting from these experiences (Scott-Storey et al., 2023; Taylor et al., 2022).”
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“Under-reporting also affects these rates, as many men who have experienced IPV are unaware their experiences meet the definition of abuse (Bates, 2020a, 2020b; Taylor et al., 2022).”
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“To date, IPV against cisgender women and its impacts have been widely researched, but the experiences of men remain understudied (Scott-Storey et al., 2023; Taylor et al., 2022).”
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“Men are more likely to either not report due to psychosocial and cultural influences, or to not recognise their experiences as IPV (Bates, 2020b; Taylor et al., 2022).”
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“They may fail to report due to self and societal stigma, retaliation concerns, and fear of not being believed (Walker et al., 2020; Bates, 2020a; Taylor et al., 2022).”
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“Lack of disclosure in men can be driven by the fear that their experiences would be minimised/ignored/not believed, or they themselves would be accused of perpetrating abuse (Walker et al., 2020; Bates, 2020a; Taylor et al., 2022).”
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“Our research is consistent with work suggesting that stigma influences disclosure and help-seeking (Taylor et al., 2022).”
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“…of the studies focusing on the help-seeking of male victims have been carried out in developed countries (Hogan et al., 2021; Machado et al., 2016; Taylor et al., 2021; Tsui, 2014), and only a limited number in the developing world such as Sub-Saharan Africa (Gubi and Wandera, 2022; Kgatle and…”
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“Similarly, men may face societal stigma and pressure to adhere to traditional masculine norms, which can inhibit their willingness to seek help from formal sources like doctors, psychologists, or the police (Douglas & Hines, 2011; Taylor et al., 2022; Tsui, 2014).”
Metadata
- Authors
- Taylor, J. C., Bates, E. A., Colosi, A., & Creer, A. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Cumbria (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Taylor, Julie C.
- Venue
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2021-08-25
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 19-20
- Pages
- NP18417-NP18444
- ISSN
- 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6518
- PMC
- PMC9554285
- OpenAlex
- W3194102121
- Cited by
- 129
- References
- 96
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 8
- FWCI
- 8.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Insight (University of Cumbria) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Keywords
- intimate partner violence, male victims, help-seeking, help-seeking barriers, gender stigma, victim isolation, health and well-being, gender-based violence, United Kingdom
- MeSH terms
- Intimate Partner Violence, Female, Humans, Male, Men, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, Violence, Crime Victims
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