Violence in Relationships

Researchers at RIT say the violence against deaf men in relationships has been underestimated. They say previous literature ignores males as victims, particularly in dating relationships. A review of information from students on the RIT campus in New York, which includes the National Technical Institute for the Deaf over the course of 8 years, shows deaf men were more likely to experience they types of violence they studied. Deaf women were only more likely to experience one particular category of abuse more frequently than hearing women. The research was sponsored by the US Department of Justice. Read more here.