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25,300 people decided to like this 'joke'.
So, let's talk about domestic violence against men.
Estimated 1/6 men have been victims of domestic abuse. An estimated 35% of that 1/6 sustained serious injury (broken bone etc) and the majority (77%) had children in the home. https://twitter.com/faiththegemini/status/1355295694408589313
So, let's talk about domestic violence against men.
Estimated 1/6 men have been victims of domestic abuse. An estimated 35% of that 1/6 sustained serious injury (broken bone etc) and the majority (77%) had children in the home. https://twitter.com/faiththegemini/status/1355295694408589313
Now, the term 'victim' when it comes to domestic violence isn't socially accepted or used equally across the genders or across sexual orientations.
Male victims of domestic abuse are frequently seen as less 'serious' in their experiences, despite evidence to say otherwise.
Male victims of domestic abuse are frequently seen as less 'serious' in their experiences, despite evidence to say otherwise.
The assumption often is, that due to strength they aren't 'truly' victims because men are 'stronger' than women.
However, this overlooks two important facts:
1) Female perpetrators are more likely to use weapons
2) Domestic Abuse has a highly psychological component
However, this overlooks two important facts:
1) Female perpetrators are more likely to use weapons
2) Domestic Abuse has a highly psychological component
About 49% of male victims never tell anyone vs 19% for female victims.
One reason why is 'jokes' like in this post, which trivialise abuse.
Domestic Abuse survivors, often have wrestled with recognising their experiences as abuse. Estimated 60% didn't recognise it as such.
One reason why is 'jokes' like in this post, which trivialise abuse.
Domestic Abuse survivors, often have wrestled with recognising their experiences as abuse. Estimated 60% didn't recognise it as such.
Social narratives which construct the idea that men can only be the perpetrator and not the victim, erases the idea that society cares about male victimisation.
It present barriers for victims to be recognised and helped.
It also presents barriers for female perpetrators...
It present barriers for victims to be recognised and helped.
It also presents barriers for female perpetrators...
to recognise their abusive behaviour for what it is.
The media plays a massive role in this and makes light of the victimisation of men across a range of spheres both physical and sexual.
In non-reciprocal domestic abuse female perps were responsible for 71% of violence.
The media plays a massive role in this and makes light of the victimisation of men across a range of spheres both physical and sexual.
In non-reciprocal domestic abuse female perps were responsible for 71% of violence.
In my time on Twitter I've seen many clips of women pounding, hitting, running over, shooting their male partners and it's been justified for various reasons (assumption he cheated being the most common I've seen).
A partners infidelity doesn't allow you to harm your partner.
A partners infidelity doesn't allow you to harm your partner.
The most shocking was a lady who ran over her partner for leaving her...because she kept abusing him, onlookers than watched as she hit his lifeless body with a weapon.
Comments & QT's were full of 'misguided empathetic' responses for 'what she must've been going through'.
Comments & QT's were full of 'misguided empathetic' responses for 'what she must've been going through'.
If anyone wants the sources, I can post - I just rattled this off because the post pissed me off.
