Intimate Partner Violence: A Neutral Perespective Of Violence Against Males And Homesexuals

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a crime in which a partner hurts his partner physically, emotionally, or sexually and thus, tries to have control over them. IPV is a very serious and outrageous crime that is generally assumed to be against women only whereas it is not a gender-biased crime. Thus, this research paper aims at bursting the gender myths about victims of IPV. With references to various studies, it has been observed that heterosexual males, as well as homosexuals, can also be the victims of IPV. This article talks about IPV which remained unheard of for years, its types, forms, causes, and factors giving rise to it along with some suggestions for society and legislature to prevent and curb IPV. This article also focuses on reasons for which the cases of male victims and homosexual victims stay unreported. Through this article, we briefly review the literature on IPV along with the laws for protecting victims of IPV are also discussed with respect to India.