New research released by the Australian government has found that more than 1 in 3 average Aussie men freely admit to having committed domestic violence against their partner.

It proves what many women in Australia have known for years – even if it’s “not all men”, it’s more than 1 in 3.

And that is just the men who are happy to say, yep I’m committing violent acts against against people I claim to love. The rest, we are left to wonder about.

These statistics come from the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), in a longitudinal study that compares men’s health and self-reported behaviour in 2023-24 and 2013-14.

In 2013-14, it was only 1 in 4 Australian men (25%) who freely admitted to having committed domestic violence against their partner.

It is not okay that more Aussie men than ever before are abusing women.

And it’s not okay that more men than ever before think this behaviour is so normal, that they’ll happily admit to committing literal crimes against women.

It cannot be overstated – these are self-reported behavioural statistics, from a huge sample size of 26,000 men.

This means these statistics really do represent what men think and do in Australia.