From: Pascal Ndizeye Nkunduwiteka 28/10/2013 +27 83 962 6037 [email protected] pastech.co.za Women are abusing their Men Although physical abuse is considered the most obvious form of domestic abuse, emotional abuse by way of insults, intimidation, and other methods can be more devastating than physical abuse, because it is difficult to prove and therefore hard to stop. Owing to societal pressures and socialisation, men are less likely to talk about the abuse they suffer behind closed doors. And not much is done to encourage men to report cases of domestic abuse, although many civil society organisations fighting domestic abuse and violence claim to represent men as well One Man Can and South African Men & Africa Partners Network - seem to have chosen to ignore the abuse of men, many of these organisations use outdated approaches that assume men are the main perpetrators and thus miss out on the growing number of male victims. Central to this is the need to educate the police to take cases of abuse against men just as seriously. Even when men do report domestic abuse and violence, people may be so astonished that the men end up feeling as though nobody believes them. What hurts a man mentally and emotionally can be very different from what hurts a woman. For some men, being called a coward, half man, impotent or a failure can have a very different psychological impact from the one it would have on a woman. Cruel words hurt, but they hurt in different ways and linger in different ways. In most cases, men are more deeply affected by emotional abuse than physical abuse.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:22:58 +0000
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