Volume 25, Issue 3
Intimate Same-Sex Partner Violence: Review and outlook
Abstract
Currently, health policies and programs from most occidental countries ignore violence in same-sex partners and do not offer any attention to the victims. Thus, data giving evidence of this type of violence is required to discard assumptions regarding the irrelevance of this phenomenon. This paper analyzes the most recent approaches to this phenomenon and reviews studies referring to the prevalence and type of violence exerted. Factors associated with this violence are analyzed in depth, along with its effects on victims’ health. In addition, methodological limitations concerning this topic are stated. Finally, this paper highlights future research areas and also key issues for those who work in prevention, treatment and/or intervention.
Keywords
Stigmatization, gay men, lesbians, same-sex partners, intimate partner violence