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Domestic violence against men - the upsettingreality.
Domestic violence against men is not ever at all timesstraightforward to recognize, but it is usually a serious threat to the abused person. How do you fully understand if either you or someone you know is being mistreated in such as way as to be deemed a victim of "domestic violence?" And where can you or they go to get help in complete confidence?
Beleive it or not, the fact is that women are not the only victims of domestic violence.
What are the warning signs of domestic violence against men?
Domestic violence is also known as domestic maltreatment, battering or other spouse or partner violence. It occurs frequently between people while in an close relationship. Domestic violence against men will likely take on many various forms, including psychological, emotional, physical, sexual abuse and almost always the threats of abuse. Domestic violence occurs without regard to sexual orientation. In fact, it happens in both in heterosexual and homosexual relationships.
Domestic violence against men is often tough to identify. But all too often here is what happens: early in the new and usually romantic relationship, one person seems very attentive, surprisingly generous and quite way too protective. Soon and in hindsight s/he turns out to be terribly inhibiting and quite often frightening. In the beginning with that person, the physical or mental abuse seems as isolated incidents. And that's when the cycle of i'm sorry and promises to not to do that abusive thing to you ever again.
In some domestic partnerships, domestic violence against a man might include both persons or partners play-slapping and/or shoving each other around when one or the other gets irritated. Typically neither person sees himself or herself as being abused or manipulated. Regardless, the adverse affects of those types of disguised violence, however, it will ruin a relationship and leaving both persons with serious, long-lasting emotional scarring and physical damage.
Domestic violence against men happens both in private and even in public. Here are 17+ warning signs that you may well be the victim of domestic violence:
1. Constant, belittling name calling 2. Repeatedly saying hurtful insults or personal put downs 3. Physically stops you from going out to work or school 4. Slowly and eventually stops or cuts you off from seeing and talking to family, good friends, neighbors and especially strangers 5. Tries to control how you spend your personal savings 6. Tries to keep control on where you go and even what clothes you wear 7. Is or acts jealous and angrily so 8. Is extremely possessive 9. Frequently accuses you of cheating 10. Becomes an angry, beligerent drunk or gets crazy when high on drugs 11. Has a firearm or other dangerous weaponry and uses them to threaten you with violence 12. Has a history of and may still abuse pets or small animals 13. Has hurt you and/or your children or elderly parent(s) 14. Has hit, punched, kicked, choked or otherwise attacked you while you were sleeping, intoxicated or unable to defend yourself 15. Has raped or forced you to have sex or engage in sex acts against your will (Never takes NO as a NO.) 16. Argues that you are to blame for his or her violent actions or says you that you therefore well deserved the abuse 17. Outwardly to you and especially to others portrays the bruises as a joke or just consensual rough sex that it all is no big deal.
In short, if either you or someone you know has experienced any of the above signs of domestic abuse, or been the victim of domestic violence, then please stop right now and call your local police department and report them. There are laws prohibiting physical voilence and state and local resources to help and protect male and female victims of domestic violence.
