Intimate Partner Violence: A Study on the Lived Experiences of Battered Husbands

Abstract

Men as victims of intimate partner violence are isolated sufferers in the public eye due to underlying personal, social, and cultural factors that impede their likelihood to seek professional help and divulge their experiences. This research focused on describing and exploring the lived experiences of battered husbands. The research piece may provide enough information to give focus on the creation and intensification of bills securing and protecting the rights of men as victims of intimate partner violence. Moreover, it purposely selected ten informants from the Province of Tarlac. Qualitative data collected from semi-structured interviews and from the key informants were carefully analyzed through descriptive phenomenological analysis. The study revealed that husbands’ vices and inability to fulfil their duties and obligations triggered the battery. Their experiences of being in a battering relationship were traumatic and had a negative impact on their personal, social, and work life. Some of the informants described their coping mechanisms as adaptive and maladaptive. In terms of the perceived meaning of their life, they developed positive and negative image. Consequently, these findings offer significant implications for understanding wife-perpetrated intimate partner violence against their husbands.