I used to live upstairs from a couple with DV issues.
The victim was the 6’+ 200lb+ man in his 20s. The offender was a smaller woman. I felt so sorry for that guy. I’m sure people were reluctant to take him seriously, but she was unhinged when angry. Throwing pots and pans at him, pulling knives, etc…
DV isn’t gender-specific (loosely 25% male victims, 75% female, but obviously that’s up and down on country)
Femicide is gender-specific with an estimated 0% male victims.
Not gender-specific, but there’s a definite bias there.
I guess the argument is that you don’t want to discount the minority of victims just because of them being a minority.
It also helps frame conversations as abusers vs victims instead of men vs women, because the latter currently leaves male victims without a voice.
I used to live upstairs from a couple with DV issues.
The victim was the 6’+ 200lb+ man in his 20s. The offender was a smaller woman. I felt so sorry for that guy. I’m sure people were reluctant to take him seriously, but she was unhinged when angry. Throwing pots and pans at him, pulling knives, etc…