LABANOF (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), Istituto di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
Service for Sexual and Domestic Violence (SVSeD), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Italy.
Med Sci Law. 2021 Jan;61(1_suppl):54-61. doi: 10.1177/0025802420947003.
Violence perpetrated on male victims is a phenomenon that is currently underestimated by both national and international scientific communities, since males are historically (and stereotypically) considered the perpetrators rather than the victims of violence. As a consequence, the available literature lacks data which would allow a better understanding of this issue and its presenting features. We undertook a retrospective analysis of 231 medical files of male victims of violence over a five-year-period (2014-2018) at the Soccorso Violenza Sessuale e Domestica Centre in Milan, Italy. The sample included 112 victims of sexual violence and 119 victims of domestic violence, most of whom were younger than 18 years of age. The main aim of this study was to describe the presentations of male victims of violence in order to understand the phenomenon better, increase awareness of the issue and enable improved health-care management. The need to pay more attention to this vulnerable part of the population is mandatory in health-care services, and it includes: the provision of management guidelines, training to attending physicians and a supportive service to male survivors. Understanding which risk factors are related to male abuse can help with the development of programmes that identify, prevent and minimise violence - this being especially useful for primary-care clinicians. This is the first Italian study to deal with domestic and sexual violence involving male victims.
男性受害者遭受暴力是一个目前被国内外科学界低估的现象，因为男性在历史上（和刻板印象中）被认为是暴力的施害者，而不是受害者。因此，现有的文献缺乏能够更好地理解这一问题及其表现特征的数据。我们对意大利米兰的 Soccorso Violenza Sessuale e Domestica 中心在五年期间（2014-2018 年）收治的 231 名男性暴力受害者的医疗档案进行了回顾性分析。该样本包括 112 名性暴力受害者和 119 名家庭暴力受害者，其中大多数受害者年龄在 18 岁以下。这项研究的主要目的是描述男性暴力受害者的表现，以便更好地理解这一现象，提高对这一问题的认识，并改善医疗保健管理。在医疗保健服务中，必须更加关注这一弱势群体，包括：提供管理指南、对主治医生进行培训以及为男性幸存者提供支持服务。了解哪些风险因素与男性虐待有关，可以帮助制定方案，识别、预防和尽量减少暴力行为，这对初级保健临床医生尤其有用。这是意大利首例涉及男性受害者的家庭和性暴力研究。
