This assignment is designed to help you explore and articulate the basic types of violence that can occur within families (course learning goal #1).  For success with this assignment, you should include what you learned through the week’s reading assignments and instructional video.
Please write a 3-page essay discussing intimate partner violence, especially focused on violence toward men.  Begin by describing the various types of domestic violence toward men.  Please provide examples.  Then discuss your thoughts about the following questions.  Why do you think socioeconomic factors serve as a predictor for the maltreatment of male partners?  Please use examples to explain your position.  Why does anxious attachment style increase the risk of women becoming violent toward their male partners?  Please use examples to explain your position.  There are relatively few places for male victims to receive help/treatment for this type of violence; how would you as a human service professional strive to help this population?
The examples you include in your essay can be original examples that you create for the essay, or you are welcome to discuss any of the case examples provided in the reading assignments.
Your essay should be 3 pages of text, plus a title page and reference page.  Your paper should be in proper APA format (if you are unsure of APA formatting, please reference the materials provided in the Week 0 learning activity).  Your essay should include at least 3 peer-reviewed references, which should be cited in your essay.  You are welcome to use the (Hines et al, 2013) text and any published journal articles.  Websites are not considered valid references in academic work.  A great place to find peer-reviewed journal articles is the Social Sciences Full Text database provided through the CBU library website: https://calbaptist.edu/library/databases/   A grading rubric is attached for your