I think I can speak for some, most, or a few men about being a victim of domestic violence. For myself, I witnessed my father beat my mom when I was younger. She divorced him when I was about 3. My mom raised me to NEVER hit a woman and to this date I have never put my hands on a female out of anger, only love and affection. This is something deeply imbedded in me and I have passed on to my son who is now grown and out of the house. I am extremely comfortable talking about the abuse I witnessed. For men who have been in an abusive relationship, such as myself, its hard to talk about. I have also been in an abusive relationship where I was hit with fists, a bat, and other objects, almost stabbed, spit on, told I was shit and many other things. I think the majority of men would be embarrassed to talk about it due to feeling for a lack of better words less than a man. As I am feeling a sense of embarrassment for even typing this, not because it brings back memories, just that I am a man and did nothing to protect myself. The embarrassment might come from being a man and not protecting yourself against a woman as you would if it were a man, maybe? One thing that is clear to me is I have healed from the abuse and moved on, which I am grateful for, because I know it is extremely difficult to overcome. I wrote and deleted this 4 times and really didnt want to post it.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:00:08 +0000
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