Male Abuse

Approximately one in six boys is sexually abused before age 16.

If you lived in medieval France and you were physically abuse by your wife, you were forced to wear a dress and ride on a donkey backwards through the town.  Can you imagine the shame and embarrassment of having to do that?  It is similar to the shame that abused men are faced with today.  But there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

There are many reasons that men do not report abuse.  Here are a few of the more common ones:

1.  Less men report abuse.  They are ashamed to report being abused by women.

2.  Health care and law enforcement professionals are more likely to accept alternative explanations of bruises and other signs of injury from a man.

3.  Our justice system sometimes takes the word of the woman above the word of the man.  It is just more believable that the aggressor was the man, not the woman.

4.  Men will tolerate more pain than women.  They are more likely to "grin and bear it."  And again, many are ashamed to seek medical help.

5.  Unless a woman uses a weapon (and many do), a woman usually does not have the strength of a man.

Men often use the same excuses as a woman does for staying with a loved one that abuses them.  "It'll stop when, they are better adjusted...her job is not so frustrating...when the children get more responsible...etc...etc...etc."  THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR BEING ABUSED!!!

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