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The silent victims: Battered husbands

Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2010-02-03 21:33.

Article here. Excerpt:

'NEW PERSPECTIVE: If there’s anything I’ve learned in 10 years of advocacy for unserved victims of partner abuse, it’s that men don’t tell. Yes, the U.S. Dept. of Justice says there about 840,000 male victims of domestic violence each year. But those are just the ones who've reported it.

Not that the numbers really matter: What matters is that it's happening, and it’s no joke.

There's a popular presumption that men should somehow be able to “control” the woman in their lives, and if they can’t, then they deserve what they get. But the fact is that today a man who tries to defend himself is more likely than not to end up in jail.'

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In A Nutshell

Submitted by Arty on Thu, 2010-02-04 16:42.

From the article:

There's a popular presumption that men should somehow be able to “control” the woman in their lives, and if they can’t, then they deserve what they get. But the fact is that today a man who tries to defend himself is more likely than not to end up in jail.

Heads she wins; tales he loses.

The DV paradigm in a nutshell.

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