The prevalence of violence against women in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria and Uganda, is significantly high. Research indicates that young males are both the perpetrators and victims of this violence. Despite the growing attention to men's issues in public discourse, there remains a lack of in-depth investigation into the underlying ideologies and discursive practices driving men's violence. This proposed research aims to examine the discursive devices and ideological stance shaping men's power struggles leading to domestic violence, with a focus on linguistic representations of men as victims or perpetrators in both countries. Drawing from Critical Discourse Analysis and Systemic Functional Grammar, the study seeks to provide insights into the root causes of domestic violence in these contexts. The data for the study comprise: (i) purposively selected novels from Nigeria and Uganda, (ii) media reports (print and online newspapers reports) on domestic violence in Nigeria and Uganda, and (iii) structured interviews, which unveil the genders’ social standing such as education, employment, poverty, and family background, self-esteem which has led to dominant masculinities characterized by large sexual networks, and in extreme cases, the need to gain more power over women will also be analyzed.