NOTE: This is an online event (see Zoom registration form below); we will not be meeting at the Resource Center for Nonviolence

Join SCAS for a presentation by Kaitlin Ruppert on: “Hidden in Plain Sight – Male Domestic Violence Victims in the Bioarchaeological Record.”

DATE: Thursday, April 10, 2025

TIME: 7:30 – 8:30 PM (Pacific)

ZOOM REGISTRATION FORM: Meeting Registration – Zoom ***RSVP for Zoom by 6:30 PM on Thursday, April 10, 2025***

When you hear the term domestic violence, in your mind’s eye, what sex appears as the perpetrator? What sex appears as the victim? If you thought of the heteronormative perspective which is a male perpetrator and a female victim, you are not alone. While female victims are often the focus of domestic violence studies, females are not the only victims. Males can be abused by their female partners. If limited clinical data shows that men can be victims of domestic violence, then what does the bioarchaeological record state regarding male victims of domestic violence? This presentation will compare and contrast evidence concerning female, male, and children clinical, historic, bioarchaeological data. It will answer the question, can you see male victims in the bioarchaeological record?

WARNING: Images of human skeletal remains will be shown during the power point presentation. 

Kaitlin Ruppert received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from California State University, Sacramento in 2011, and her Master of Science in Palaeopathology from Durham University in 2018. She has done archaeology in England and in Spain, and has worked for various Cultural Resources Management companies on projects in different regions of California. Ms. Ruppert has academic and professional experience in handling human skeletal remains. Her volunteer work with The Marine Mammal Center, headquartered in Marin County, often brings her to Santa Cruz area beaches.