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Battered husbands are often a topic of jokes, and the idea of domestic violence directed towards the male is often dismissed with incredulity. Husbands suffering from domestic abuse have historically been ignored or ridiculed.
Researchers and others have tended not to pursue husband battering cases is because it was thought to be a rare occurrence, and the male figure is typically seen as the stronger, more self-reliant figure due to the sex role.
In truth, an analysis of homicide rates (the most severe of violent offences) showed that the number of murders of women by men (17.5% of total homicides) was about the same as the number of murders of men by women (16.4% of total homicides).
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