Intimate partner sexual violence

Domestic violence and sexual abuse: Fixed grammar

← Previous revision Revision as of 09:27, 12 April 2026 Line 10: Line 10: Sexual violence may occur without physical violence.<ref>Hakimi M et al. Silence for the sake of harmony: domestic violence and women's health in central Java. Yogyakarta, Gadjah Mada University, 2001.</ref> In the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], in a representative sample of over 6000 men, 7% reported having sexually and physically abused their wives, 22% reported using sexual violence without physical violence and 17% reported that they had used physical violence alone.<ref>Martin SL et al. Sexual behaviour and reproductive health outcomes: associations with wife abuse in India. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, 282:1967–1972.</ref> Sexual violence may occur without physical violence.<ref>Hakimi M et al. Silence for the sake of harmony: domestic violence and women's health in central Java. Yogyakarta, Gadjah Mada University, 2001.</ref> In the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], in a representative sample of over 6000 men, 7% reported having sexually and physically abused their wives, 22% reported using sexual violence without physical violence and 17% reported that they had used physical violence alone.<ref>Martin SL et al. Sexual behaviour and reproductive health outcomes: associations with wife abuse in India. Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, 282:1967–1972.</ref>

The percentage of women who are victims of physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner is around thirty.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts and figures: Ending violence against women|url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures|access-date=2020-10-09|website=UN Women|language=en}}</ref> Around 30% of women are victims of physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts and figures: Ending violence against women|url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures|access-date=2020-10-09|website=UN Women|language=en}}</ref>

== Types of coercion == == Types of coercion ==