ThyBlackMan.com: Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Adding Insult to Injury…

Article here. Excerpt:

'Domestic violence against men is a story that is rarely told. Their stories will not be readily posted in the headlines or shown on the evening news, simply because women are normally the ones reporting the abuse, not men. According to some statistics in 2008 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that 11.5 men reported being abused by their mates.

While conducting research for this article I discovered that there was much more information available on domestic violence against women than that of men. This would be expected and for a number of reasons.

Many men refuse to report domestic violence for fear of embarrassment, ridicule and that no one will believe them. Society says that men are supposed to be the stronger sex, not the weaker. Men are also afraid of mistakenly being viewed as the perpetrator and being hauled off to jail. When men do decide to call the police to report the abuse, they may be wrongfully locked up when the police arrive.
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Abuse may be physical or mental, but both are forms of abuse. Any man can be a victim. He may be large or small in stature or financially rich or poor. Abuse can happen to anyone.

In 2006 the wife of Indianapolis Colts cornerback, Nick Harper stabbed him with a knife during an argument. According to ESPN the assault occurred because he was ignoring her and she wanted his attention.'