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Men & Violence

  1. Domestic Violence has been recognized across the world as a form of violence that affects a person’s life in every way physically, mentally, emotionally and psychologically and is a violation of basic human rights. Various countries have identified it as a serious threat to a persons overall wellbeing thus providing relief in various forms. India has also identified domestic violence as a crime and provides relief and protection from it albeit to only Women! Indian men facing domestic violence at the hands of wife or female partner is a harsh reality. However, no one including our government has taken any stand on addressing it. Domestic Violence is a serious social issue, but men who face domestic violence in India have nowhere to go since the law doesn’t treat them as victims.
  2. When we discuss domestic violence, it is often assumed that the victims are women. And the statistics are truly traumatic. The less-told story is that a striking number of men are victims, too, suffering physical, mental and sexual abuse in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships. According to the CDC, one in four adult men in the U.S. will become a victim of domestic violence during his lifetime. That’s upwards of three million male domestic violence victims every year, or one man in America abused by an every 37.8 second. Highlighting these statistics is not meant to downplay in any way domestic violence among women. It is, however, intended to add to the growing conversation that anyone can be the victim of domestic abuse and everyone who needs protection deserves access to it.
  3. Male victims of domestic violence, just like female victims, often deal with intense self-doubt and anxiety before reaching out for help. Victims may fear their abusers will seek retribution if they go to the police, or they feel great uncertainty about leaving their home for temporary safe house shelter.
  4. Men and women can both experience these kinds of worries. But one barrier to that tends to only apply to male victims? The belief that domestic violence laws and resources don’t apply to them.
  5. Is there any truth to this? If you are a man in an abusive relationship, or know someone who is, here are five reality checks that your safety is valued and important.

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