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If men attempt to report incident of abuse they are met with blatant discrimination, disbelief, gender bias and comments such as the following:

"You must have done something terrible to her to deserve this....."
"Look at the size of you! Maybe she was just defending herself"
"We can't arrest her - what about the children?" Or
"Why don't you just leave?"
"Give her time to calm down"

Society seems to want these men to go away because there is no simple solution to their plight and there are no support system in place to deal with them.
 

 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT A GENDER ISSUE - IT IS A SOCIAL ISSUE AFFECTING MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
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We cannot expect to find real solutions to the problem while it is treated solely as a women's issue.

 
Advocates Against Family Violence offers individual supportive counseling for men of violent relationships.  Contact us at AdvocatesAgainstViolence@gmail.com!