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Many people, both male and female, are hesitant report domestic violence, for example 1.9 million people aged 16–59 told the [[Crime Survey for England and Wales]] (year ending March 2017), that they were victims of domestic violence and 79% did not report their partner or ex-partner. Of the 1.9 million, approximately 1.2 million were female and 713,000 were male.<ref>{{cite web | last = ONS | author-link = Office for National Statistics | title = Domestic abuse in England and Wales: year ending March 2017 | url = https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/domesticabuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2017 | publisher = [[Crime Survey for England and Wales|Crime Survey for England and Wales, Office for National Statistics]] | year = 2017 | access-date = 5 December 2017 }}</ref> In domestic violence situations men were significantly more likely to injure, harm or kill their partners.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Archer |first=John |date=2000 |title=Sex differences in aggression between heterosexual partners: A meta-analytic review. |url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/0033-2909.126.5.651 |journal=Psychological Bulletin |language=en |volume=126 |issue=5 |pages=651–680 |doi=10.1037/0033-2909.126.5.651 |issn=1939-1455}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Archer |first=John |date=2002 |title=Sex differences in physically aggressive acts between heterosexual partners |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1359178901000611 |journal=Aggression and Violent Behavior |language=en |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=313–351 |doi=10.1016/S1359-1789(01)00061-1}}</ref>
==Circumcision==
{{Main|Forced circumcision|Ethics of circumcision}}
Non-therapeutic male circumcision is considered, by several groups, to be a form of violence against young men and boys.<ref name="irinnews.org">{{cite news | last = Staff writer |title=Plea to ICC over forced male circumcision |url=http://www.irinnews.org/report/92564/kenya-plea-icc-over-forced-male-circumcision|work=[[The New Humanitarian|Irin Analysis]]|date=24 April 2011 | access-date = 3 July 2016}}</ref><ref>''Other groups'':
* {{cite news | last=Stoffers | first=Carl | title=The Bloodstained Men chop away at infant circumcision | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/bloodstained-men-chop-circumcision-article-1.2373410 | work=[[New York Daily News]] | date=September 24, 2015 | access-date=September 1, 2016}}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Ahlberg | first1 = Beth Maina | last2 = Njoroge | first2 = Kezia Muthoni | title = 'Not men enough to rule!': politicization of ethnicities and forcible circumcision of Luo men during the postelection violence in Kenya | journal = [[Ethnicity & Health]] | volume = 18 | issue = 5 | pages = 454–468 | publisher = [[Taylor and Francis]] | doi = 10.1080/13557858.2013.772326 | pmid = 23758644 | date = 2013 | s2cid = 6196941 }}
* {{cite journal | last = Vojdik | first = Valorie K. | title = Sexual violence against men and women in war: a masculinities approach | journal = Nevada Law Journal| volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages=923 | publisher = [[William S. Boyd School of Law]] | doi = 10.2139/ssrn.2271222 | ssrn = 2271222 | date = 2014 | url = http://scholars.law.unlv.edu/nlj/vol14/iss3/15/ }}
* {{cite book | url=http://restlessdevelopment.org/file/res-sa-men-and-boys-gbv-oct2014-pdf | title=Men and Boys and Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) | publisher=[[Restless Development]] | location = South Africa | date = October 2014}} Discussions with youth peer educators and staff at Restless Development South Africa: challenges and recommendations.
* Poole, Glen (2013), "[https://web.archive.org/web/20170828230144/https://equality4men.com/2013/11/03/10-reasons-we-need-a-campaign-to-end-violence-against-men-and-boys/ 10 reasons we need a campaign to end violence against men and boys…]", in {{cite book | editor-last = Poole | editor-first = Glen | title = Equality for men | year = 2013 | publisher = Lightworks Publications | location = Blackpool, England | isbn = 9780992790509 }}</ref> Around the world, [[Jewish]] boys are circumcised at eight days old<ref name="glass_1999">{{cite journal | last = Glass | first = J.M. | title = Religious circumcision: a Jewish view | journal = [[BJUI|BJU International]] | volume = 83 | issue = S1 | pages = 17–21 | publisher = [[Wiley-Blackwell|Wiley]] | doi = 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1017.x | pmid = 10349410 | date = January 1999 | s2cid = 2888024 }}</ref> and [[Muslim]] boys at a young age, typically 7.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/islamethics/malecircumcision.shtml|title=BBC - Religions - Islam: Circumcision of boys}}</ref> In certain countries, such as [[Bangladesh]], [[Indonesia]], [[Pakistan]], the [[Philippines]], [[South Korea]], [[Turkey]] and the [[United States]], newborn baby males are routinely circumcised without the child's consent.<ref name="who.int">{{cite book | last1 = UNAIDS | last2 = WHO | author-link1 = Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS | author-link2 = World Health Organization |title=Neonatal and child male circumcision: a global review | publisher = [[Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS|UNAIDS]] and [[World Health Organization|WHO]] | location = Geneva |url=https://www.who.int/entity/hiv/pub/malecircumcision/neonatal_child_MC_UNAIDS.pdf |year=2010 |isbn=9789291738557}}</ref><ref name="WHO_2007_GTDPSA">{{cite book | last1 = UNAIDS | last2 = WHO | author-link1 = Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS | author-link2 = World Health Organization |title=Male circumcision: Global trends and determinants of prevalence, safety and acceptability | publisher = [[Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS|UNAIDS]] and [[World Health Organization|WHO]] | location = Geneva |year=2007 |url=http://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/jc1360_male_circumcision_en_0.pdf | isbn = 9789241596169}}</ref>
==Mass killings==
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