Valentine Sig Tags 2016 Part 4
Happy Valentine's Day!
New Sig Tags featuring the artwork of Misticheskaya, Stan Dudin, Keith Garvey, Trinita, Elias Chatzoudis and Very Many!
Domestic Violence: Taking It Like A Man -- The Untold Story
Domestic Violence. It's Everybody's Business! But how many turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to it? Sadly too many to count. While the majority of such violence reported involved women and children, an alarming number of men who are victims go unreported ... even ignored. "... activists for “men’s rights” have suggested that policy-oriented efforts for women have been misplaced, because they focus entirely on women as the victims of domestic violence . “men are the victims of domestic violence at least as often as women” (Brott, 1994). " [emphasis added] ( http://new.vawnet.org/Assoc_Files_VAWnet/GenderSymmetry.pdf ) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* And we are not just talking about gay men in this regard. Hetero-sexual men fall prey to domestic abuse as well. You don't hear about it very often -- if at all . Pride and shame prevent many of these men from coming forward. Shame of not bein...
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