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2/17/2017 Understanding Domestic Abusers: Gender and Intimate Partner Vidence - Gender and domestic abuse - NYS OPDV <br />Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence <br />Information for Professionals <br />Understanding Domestic Abusers <br />Gender and domestic abuse: Gender and Intimate Partner Violence <br />When men and women are violent in heterosexual relationships, they usually engage in different <br />patterns of behavior, for different reasons, and with different consequences.74 The relative <br />proportion of men and women who use violence against a partner differs greatly, depending on <br />whether one is looking at situational violence, abuse, or responsive violence. The following chart <br />summarizes the approximate percentage of men and women who perpetrate different sorts of <br />IPV, estimated by Johnson from prior research. <br />Forms of Intimate Partner Violence in Heterosexual Relationships7i <br />hVJ/www.opdv.ny.gw/prdessiorWs/abusers/gernderandip tmi 21 1n <br />% of Who <br />Cases Does it <br />What R <br />Looks Like <br />Context <br />Ongoing <br />One-sided <br />Domestic <br />97% <br />Often severe <br />Fixed imbalance of power <br />Abuse (Coercive <br />29% <br />and <br />Controlling Violence) <br />men <br />escalating <br />Desire to dominate partner <br />Control - <br />motivated <br />Occasional <br />Attempt to forestall attack, defend <br />Responsive Violence <br />23%elf <br />6% <br />One-sided <br />and others, or control the <br />omen <br />Not severe or <br />situation <br />escalating <br />Fights (Situational <br />% <br />56% <br />Occasional <br />Conflict <br />Couple Violence) <br />men <br />Often mutual <br />% <br />Not severe or <br />omen <br />escalating <br />hVJ/www.opdv.ny.gw/prdessiorWs/abusers/gernderandip tmi 21 1n <br />