Domestic violence against men domestic violence were anger, a need for attention, or as a response to their partner's own violence. Another 2011 review published in the journal of "Aggression and Violent Behavior" also found that although minor domestic violence was equal, more severe violence was perpetrated by men. It was also found that men were more likely to beat up, choke or strangle their partners, while women were more likely to throw things at their partner, slap, kick, bite, punch, or hit with an object. Researchers have also found different outcomes in men and women in response to intimate partner violence. A 2012
Men who have sex with men figures include victims of sexual abuse in addition to men who regularly or voluntarily have sex with men. In the U.S., among men aged 15 to 44, an estimated 6% have engaged in oral or anal sex with another man at some point in their lives, and about 2.9% have had at least one male sexual partner in the previous 12 months. Historically, anal sex has been popularly associated with male homosexuality and MSM. However, many MSM do not engage in anal sex, and may engage in oral sex, frotting or mutual masturbation instead. Among men who have anal sex