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Note about Gender-Based Analysis Used in this Toolkit
In many of the tools and exercises included in this toolkit, the victim of domestic violence and/or dating violence is assumed to be female and the abuser male. This assumption is consistent with findings of national studies of the incidence and prevalence of domestic violence in the United States. A summary of the theoretical assumptions underlying Transforming Communities' gender-based analysis of domestic violence and implications for prevention are outlined in tools in the third module (Start Up the Team). This formulation is not meant to dismiss the fact that in some cases the victim and abuser may be the same sex or that the victim may be male and the abuser female.