Male Intimate Partner Violence Victims: An Australian Perspective

From the risk management document, on top of the quotes to what the OP has already provided, I found some part that outline how to deal with women who are abusing men:

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Violence perpetrated by women

Violence perpetrated by women In a relatively small number of cases, women are violent towards their male partner in the context of an intimate relationship.11 Many victims are wrongly perceived as perpetrators when they use self-defence, an act of resistance, or an isolated or relatively isolated episode, in response to their male partner’s patterned, systematic use of violence against them. Violence as a systematic expression of power and control used by women against their male partners is believed to be uncommon.

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Assessing whether a person is using or in need of protection from family violence In some circumstances, assessors have genuine difficulty in establishing whether a person is using or in need of protection from family violence. For example, each adult in a relationship might claim to be experiencing violence from the other, or a man might claim to be a victim of his female partner. It is critical to remember in these situations that family violence involves a pattern of power and control. It is different to relationship conflict.

To differentiate whether a person is using or in need of protection from family violence, assessors might explore:

• whether there is a history of violence perpetrated by one party against the other

• the nature of the injuries sustained by both parties

• whether one person was acting in selfdefence

• the context in which the violence took place, the intent of its use, and its effects on the person

• the degree to which the person appears to have a sense of agency in the couple’s decision making (victims tend to report less agency, whereas perpetrators are more likely to say that there is equal power in decision making, or that their partner ‘doesn’t want a say’, or that their partner is not competent to contribute to decision making)

• the extent of the person’s empathy with their partner (victims often empathise with the perpetrator’s feelings, opinions or reactions, whereas perpetrators tend to blame their victims)

• whether the person feels able to assert their will (for example, whether they feel able to do the things they want to do)

• whether the person seems to have a sense of entitlement to exert their will regardless of their partner’s wishes (for example, whether they do what they want regardless of what their partner wants)

• whether the person appears to be experiencing fear due to the other person’s behaviour or implied threats, what they are afraid might happen, and how this fear manifests (for example, whether they modify their behaviour in an attempt to minimise the violence).

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