ABSTRACT
This chapter draws on attention to the linkages between domestic violence and men’s health. It looks at the connections between domestic violence and men’s health among ethnic minority men. The chapter highlights the domestic violence research and practice gaps that fail to reflect the lived experiences of ethnicity minority men associated with domestic violence. The scope of domestic violence scholarship has overwhelmingly focused on researching the victimization of women and children and on the pathologies perpetuating domestic violence. Domestic violence data analyzed by race and gender indicate that minority men and women are disproportionately affected. In domestic violence cases that included acts of rape, male rape victims and male victims of noncontact, unwanted sexual experiences reported predominantly male perpetrators. However, there are consequences for ethnic minority men who have a propensity towards domestic violence that is linked to desires to affirm their masculinities within the context of social oppression.
