The problem of domestic violence involving women is well-known and extensively studied, but the problem is just as bad with another less studied group: gay men.
So says a study conducted by two researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In fact, they found that 1 out of every 3 men in a same-sex relationship has been abused. That is similar to what studies of battered women have found.
“If you project that out to the entire gay community in the country, that’s a lot of guys,” said David McKirnan, an associate professor of psychology and co-author of the study.
The study is published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Urban Health. McKirnan and graduate student Eric Houston studied surveys filled out by 817 men through the Howard Brown Health Center, which primarily serves the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community from its North Side location.
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