Our thanks to Tony for this paper from 2010:

From the Abstract on the first page (p.44):

“When domestic violence-related suicides are combined with domestic violence homicides, the total numbers of domestic violence-related deaths are higher for males than females.”

From the seventh page (p.50):

“Women request and are issued restraining orders far more often than men, and women initiate divorce or separation more often than men. Restraining orders and divorces are most often based on the perceptions of those involved rather than empirical evidence-based data (www.mediaradar.org).

It is most often men who lose the children, the home, and perhaps their sense of self-worth and/or self-esteem along with being ordered to pay alimony and child support. All of the above are issues that include emotional and psychological life-altering stressors, that may depress some men and drive some to suicide because they now have lost everything they have worked for (Frankel, 2009).

The NVDRS [J4MB: National Violent Death Reporting System] may have revealed that some of the least recognised wounds that are not physical may be the most lethal. And if divorce follows years of constant criticism of a man, the diminishing of his abilities and name-calling, followed by the issuance of a restraining order that often damages his relationship with his children, this behaviour might fit the OVW definition of ‘abuse’. Most often, society views the divorce process as ‘a person’s right to choose’ and rarely is that process viewed as ‘abusive behaviour’ (Frankel, 2009).”

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