Originally Posted by gotonudecom

According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) (2010, updated in later reports),
IPV rates vary across populations:

Heterosexual women: 35% report experiencing rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
Heterosexual men: 29% report similar experiences.
Lesbian women: 43.8% report IPV, with higher rates of physical violence and psychological abuse.
Gay men: 26% report IPV, slightly lower than heterosexual men.
Bisexual women: 61.1% report IPV, the highest among groups studied.
Bisexual men: 37.3% report IPV, higher than gay or heterosexual men