Abstract
Objective: Describe and review information about the man who committed violence against women, in the context of intimate relationships, in articles found on the VHL and SciELO indexing sites. Methods: The research was characterized as cross-sectional, descriptive, and quantitative. The descriptors used were "man" and "aggressor". Inclusion criterion were: articles published between 2015 and 2019, documents in Portuguese and transversal and quantitative or quantitative-qualitative descriptors / explorers. The exclusion criterion was: not to talk about violence between intimate partners - a man and a woman. The information sought were: age group, color/ethnicity, education, type of aggression practiced, relationship with victim, cause of aggression, influence of drugs or alcohol and work and income. The survey was conducted in December 2019.Results:With the descriptors used, the retrieved articles did not present all the information sought. Only the type of aggression and relationship with the victim were the most found information, which demonstrates that, based on the descriptors used, it is not possible to build a complete profile of the man who committed violence against women. Final consideration: From the information collected in the retrieved articles, that describe the profile of men who attack women, as spouses who practice physical violence.