Jealousy, substance abuse, childhood trauma and anger of having absent fathers are some of the issues that are driving South African men committing intimate partner violence IPV, a University of the Western Cape UWC study conducted among male offenders has found.
The research conducted by Mpho Motseki, from the department of women and gender studies, focused on the experiences and perspectives of incarcerated men convicted of IPV across correctional centres in the country.
Through interviews with 20 offenders, the study found that anger, romantic insecurity driven by suspicions of infidelity, exposure to abuse at a young age, and lack of positive male role models or father figures often played a role in their violent behaviour later in life.
