One in six men have also been subjected to abuse by a female partner.
Domestic abuse is a serious concern we should all be aware of and against.
It’s not gender specific.
I went out with a girl for three years who made me absolutely miserable, but had me thinking I loved her. In reality, whilst I might had loved her at the start, over time she had mentally tortured me to the point where I was totally dependent on her, like a drug addict.
🎻🎻 insert 1 in 4 women are homeless meme
The fact that all of the comments at the time of posting this are spinning this to not be about women’s abuse or being unsympathetic about this is so deeply upsetting. Of course men can be abused too… but why is it that any time women try to talk about this, the topic gets changed? Women talk about male abuse, but men don’t want to talk about women’s abuse.
4 in 5 have not
It’s been almost 17 years since I managed to get away from my abuser and I STILL have nightmares about him, I STILL hear his voice in my head telling me how ugly, vile, fat, disgusting I am.
I’ve been with my wonderful partner almost 13years and I STILL sometimes flinch if he lifts his hand to stroke my hair or cheek, just an instinctive reaction.
As well as the actual abuse, there is not a lot of attention given to the lasting damage it does.
17 years, and I still remember how it felt to have the person I loved, press my face into a mirror while I was made to repeat “I’m ugly, I’m fat, nobody loves me, I’m ugly, I’m fat, nobody loves me.”
That was incredibly mild to some of the other stuff but I don’t want to depress people, it’s a beautiful sunny day.
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One in six men have also been subjected to abuse by a female partner.
Domestic abuse is a serious concern we should all be aware of and against.
It’s not gender specific.
I went out with a girl for three years who made me absolutely miserable, but had me thinking I loved her. In reality, whilst I might had loved her at the start, over time she had mentally tortured me to the point where I was totally dependent on her, like a drug addict.
🎻🎻 insert 1 in 4 women are homeless meme
The fact that all of the comments at the time of posting this are spinning this to not be about women’s abuse or being unsympathetic about this is so deeply upsetting. Of course men can be abused too… but why is it that any time women try to talk about this, the topic gets changed? Women talk about male abuse, but men don’t want to talk about women’s abuse.
4 in 5 have not
It’s been almost 17 years since I managed to get away from my abuser and I STILL have nightmares about him, I STILL hear his voice in my head telling me how ugly, vile, fat, disgusting I am.
I’ve been with my wonderful partner almost 13years and I STILL sometimes flinch if he lifts his hand to stroke my hair or cheek, just an instinctive reaction.
As well as the actual abuse, there is not a lot of attention given to the lasting damage it does.
17 years, and I still remember how it felt to have the person I loved, press my face into a mirror while I was made to repeat “I’m ugly, I’m fat, nobody loves me, I’m ugly, I’m fat, nobody loves me.”
That was incredibly mild to some of the other stuff but I don’t want to depress people, it’s a beautiful sunny day.