BBM
I believe it happens way more often than some may think. The studies already state that when a male is abused by a domestic violence abuser they are the least likely gender to ever tell anyone much less report it to the police. It is a dark hidden secret due to how society as a whole views it. Some are still under the false impression that larger men cant be horrifically abused by a smaller female. Heck even though it is 2015 there are some who really believe that a man cant be raped even though that is archaic thinking and has been proven wrong by experts in the field.
Women are far more likely to tell someone they have been abused than men. Even males that may be friends with the victim doesn't understand it so therefore the male has no one to turn to that even understands. Women usually are more expressive and have close friends they can talk with and have support.
I did read though that around 1.3 million females call 911 every year to report domestic abuse by a male partner or ex and around 750K men reported abuse being done to them by a female abuser. Iirc that stat was from 2006. Also I just read an article yesterday that domestic violence perpetrated by a female abuser is on the rise. I really think that finally more men are reporting it rather than trying to handle the abuse on their own.
In this country we have around 25K men who commit suicide per year and around 3,500 females who do I have read many articles over the years that have stated that a male is 10 times more likely to contemplate suicide when they have been sexually abused than female victims and that includes being sexually abused by a female offender. And we already know they are more successful in completing suicide than females.
So I don't think domestic violence is less frequent but reported less due to the shame, humiliation, stigma and gross misunderstanding on how society sees males who are suffering from DV or have been sexually abused.
I hope Travis' case and many others like him.... who were murdered by a domestic partner or ex partner because the female murderer was a domestic violence abuser..is brought more to the light and attention. Murdering them because the victim no longer wanted the abuser in their lives. They die for the same reasons why females are murdered by their DV abuser.
One of my husband's co-workers was murdered about five years ago as he left for work one morning. She shot him 7 times (6 in the back and one in the head) and oh yeah she tried to claim self defense even though when he dropped to the ground he still had his coffee cup in his hand and his lunch in the other hand.
He had petitioned for a divorce from his very abusive wife of 18 years and the court had awarded him the children. She had abused him for years and he never reported her. She murdered him one day shy of him getting his divorce finalized and she was given LWOP. Her daughter testified against her mother telling the jury how mean she was to her father and he never laid a hand on her during all that time he endured her abuse.
IMO, it is happening way more to men than people think.