THE LAW ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN INCAMEROON: ADDRESSING THE ODD

Talking of female-on-male domestic violence in the form of Intimate Partner Violence withinmatrimonial setting in Cameroon seems to be an odd because of the understanding of masculinityrooted in societal stereotype and patriarchal beliefs of men superiority over women. The principalreason among others discussed in this paper can be attributed to the reasons underlying the nonregulationof female-on-male domestic violence by the Cameroonian legal system. This paperdoes not refute the existence of domestic violence against women but demonstrate that men arealso victims of same. In decrying the gender-specific legislations and approaches towardsdomestic violence against women, it has been proposed that Cameroon should adopt a nongenderedconfiguration on legal policy options towards domestic violence which would not bebiased.