Domestic Violence against men in Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract

Domestic violence has been narrowed and understood exclusively as women’s issue. Most of the research works portray men as perpetrators and women as victims of domestic violence thereby leading to vacuous knowledge on this very dangerous social reality- domestic abuse. This article therefore investigates and contributes empirically to knowledge on the causes, typologies and consequences of domestic violence against men in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria. Frustration-Aggression theory guides the study that informed this article. 12 in-depth interviews were conducted, while 246 copies of structured questionnaire were administered. The responses of the questionnaire and the interviews were analyzed with the help of the Statistical Package of the Social Sciences and Thematic Content Analysis. The study adopted multi-stage sampling technique and snowballing to recruit respondents and interviewees. Very interesting findings were gotten from the study and valid conclusions were reached. Pragmatic policy and practice recommendations are made to address the challenges of domestic abuse against men.