From the book:

".... most of the gender-related harms men and boys face in conflict situations should qualify as GBV and should be addressed as part of the gender-mainstreaming process. As several commentators have recognized and as the Women’s Caucus acknowledges, most of the harms men and older boys face during wartime – sexual mutilation, forced conscription, detention, sex-selective massacre – may qualify conceptually as gender-based violence."

"Historically, however, the concept of gender-based violence has been linked primarily to the issue of violence against women.... international efforts to deal with gender-based violence among conflict affected populations...

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From the book:

".... most of the gender-related harms men and boys face in conflict situations should qualify as GBV and should be addressed as part of the gender-mainstreaming process. As several commentators have recognized and as the Women’s Caucus acknowledges, most of the harms men and older boys face during wartime – sexual mutilation, forced conscription, detention, sex-selective massacre – may qualify conceptually as gender-based violence."

"Historically, however, the concept of gender-based violence has been linked primarily to the issue of violence against women.... international efforts to deal with gender-based violence among conflict affected populations are characterized by a striking absence of attention to violence that targets men and boys."

And again:

"Correspondingly, much official international discourse uses GBV only in the context of violence afflicting women, a trend that persists even where gender-mainstreaming documents give lip service to war’s effects on men and boys. The Background Paper for the IASC’s statement on gender mainstreaming is illustrative. Although the paper begins by claiming it will summarize the “differential impact of emergencies and crisis situations on women and girls, men and boys,” it provides detailed analysis only of the former. There is a section on “violence against women” but not on gender-related abuse of males. The report contains three sentences on “masculinity” as an “important fa...

And again:

"Correspondingly, much official international discourse uses GBV only in the context of violence afflicting women, a trend that persists even where gender-mainstreaming documents give lip service to war’s effects on men and boys. The Background Paper for the IASC’s statement on gender mainstreaming is illustrative. Although the paper begins by claiming it will summarize the “differential impact of emergencies and crisis situations on women and girls, men and boys,” it provides detailed analysis only of the former. There is a section on “violence against women” but not on gender-related abuse of males. The report contains three sentences on “masculinity” as an “important factor when considering boys and men’s involvement in armed militia and their acts of violence against women” (IASC 1999:3) The gender-based violence males themselves experience is not mentioned, except as a means of highlighting women’s plight:... "

Gender-based violence is perhaps the most widespread and socially tolerated of human rights violations. The cost to women, their children, families and communities is a significant obstacle to reducing poverty, achieving gender equality and meeting the other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Violence is a traumatic experience for any man or woman, but gender-based violence is preponderantly inflicted by men on women and girls. It both reflects and reinforces inequities between men and women and compromises the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victims.

Gender-based violence may involve intimate partners, family members, acquaintances or strangers. Though ...

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Gender-based violence is perhaps the most widespread and socially tolerated of human rights violations. The cost to women, their children, families and communities is a significant obstacle to reducing poverty, achieving gender equality and meeting the other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Violence is a traumatic experience for any man or woman, but gender-based violence is preponderantly inflicted by men on women and girls. It both reflects and reinforces inequities between men and women and compromises the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victims.

Gender-based violence may involve intimate partners, family members, acquaintances or strangers. Though it was long regarded a private matter, it is now recognized by the international community as a violation of human rights, rooted in women's subordinate status.

The action plans from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing) recognized the elimination of gender-based violence as central to gender equality and the empowerment of women. The term comprises domestic violence, sexual and psychological forms of abuse as well as harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation/cutting. It also includes prenatal sex selection and female infanticide- extreme manifestations of the low social value placed on girls.

Article 2 of the Declaration states that the definition should encompass, but not be limited to, acts of physical, sexual, and psychological violence in the family, community, or perpetrated or condoned by the State, wherever it occurs. These acts include: spousal battery; sexual abuse, including of female children; dowry-related violence; rape, including marital rape; female genital mutilation/cutting and other traditional practices harmful to women; non-spousal violence; sexual violence related to exploitation; sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in sch

The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action expanded on this definition, specifying that it includes: violations of the rights of women in situations of armed conflict, including systematic rape, sexual slavery and forced pregnancy; forced sterilization, forced abortion, coerced or forced use of contraceptives; prenatal sex selection and female infanticide. It further recognized the particular vulnerabilities of women belonging to minorities: the elderly and the displaced; indigenous, refugee and migrant communities; women living in impoverished rural or remote areas, or in detention.

Domestic violence is by far the most common form of gender-based violence. Based on survey d...

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The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action expanded on this definition, specifying that it includes: violations of the rights of women in situations of armed conflict, including systematic rape, sexual slavery and forced pregnancy; forced sterilization, forced abortion, coerced or forced use of contraceptives; prenatal sex selection and female infanticide. It further recognized the particular vulnerabilities of women belonging to minorities: the elderly and the displaced; indigenous, refugee and migrant communities; women living in impoverished rural or remote areas, or in detention.

Domestic violence is by far the most common form of gender-based violence. Based on survey data, between 10 per cent of women in some countries and 69 per cent in others are subjected to domestic violence. In about one fourth of cases, sexual abuse also occurs.Sexual violence may involve physical and psychological intimidation, unwanted sexual advances or acts, date and marital rape and blackmail. It may also play on a woman's financial insecurity, through threats of job dismissal or exploitation, such as the offer of food or shelter in return for sex. Denial of contraceptive protection is also considered a form of sexual violence. Although abused women often live in terror, many are trapped by fear of community disapproval or reprisal. These fears may be justified; studies from developed countries show that a significant number of intimate partner homicides occur when a woman tries to leave an abusive partner, or soon thereafter.

As you can see from the quotes above, the list of things that fall under "gender-based" violence is more inclusive than most people would surmise.

That domestic violence should be framed as an exclusively male attitudinal and behavioral problem, that there ought to be recognized some officially denounced "War Against Women," that acts of violence against women are the sine qua non of sexual inequality, that this inequality is the brainchild of "the patriarchy," that patriarchy is maintained by masculine conspiracy, that this conspiracy is advanced in every incident of violence toward women. etc.. these are just some of the rhetorical devices of Gender Mainstreaming, mentioned in the excerp...

As you can see from the quotes above, the list of things that fall under "gender-based" violence is more inclusive than most people would surmise.

That domestic violence should be framed as an exclusively male attitudinal and behavioral problem, that there ought to be recognized some officially denounced "War Against Women," that acts of violence against women are the sine qua non of sexual inequality, that this inequality is the brainchild of "the patriarchy," that patriarchy is maintained by masculine conspiracy, that this conspiracy is advanced in every incident of violence toward women. etc.. these are just some of the rhetorical devices of Gender Mainstreaming, mentioned in the excerpt, a
UN project, that amounts to a "top-down" totalitarian control initiative creeping gradually into more and more sectors.