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Whereas, the World Health Organization has reported that twice as many
men die from violence-related causes as women,
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Whereas, men are more than three-times more likely than women to die
from injuries sustained from armed conflict,1
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Whereas, 3.5 times as many men commit suicide worldwide as women, 1
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Whereas, in almost every country around the world, men have shorter
life expectancies than women, reaching a 13-year disparity in the Russian
Federation,
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Whereas, a compilation of 195 scientific studies of partner violence
concludes, “women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive,
than men in their relationships with spouses or male partners,”
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Whereas, according to a Statistics Canada report, 7% of women and 6%
of men report violence by a current or previous partner in the previous
five years.
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Whereas, according to a recent international study of severe violence
among dating couples, 55% was mutual violence, 16% was male-only, and
29% of violence was female-only.
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Whereas, the president of the American Psychological Association has
recently noted that “Several studies of domestic violence have suggested
that males and females in relationships have an equal likelihood of acting
out physical aggression,”
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Whereas, reports from Africa reveal that domestic violence against men
is widespread, but men are reluctant to report the abuses, ,
