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  1. Hi

    I feel that theresis an incredible irony in suggesting to the feminists that they should check out the testimonies of men’s accounts on their experiences of Domestic Violence.

    DV has affected me personally and I have a much better understanding of aggression (specifically verbal aggression/abuse) and emotional abuse.

    And here’s the irony which I feel is at the core of the ‘Feminists vs the Male Population’ war that is often going on in discussions about domestic violence–
    The following behaviours are some examples of Verbal/Emotional Abusive ways of communicating with another person or people:

    *Dismissing anything a person says as though it is ‘unimportant’ or ‘does not matter’,
    *Minimizing a man’s DV Experiences- Eg. Any person who has said something similar to the following: (often while quoting statistics)
    ‘..women experience domestic violence far more often than men do/oh yeah well how many men die each year from being killed by their female partners..?’ Etc. Etc.,
    *Criticism- looking for and pointing out ‘faults’ or anything they perceive as ‘wrong’ in the things that another person says or does.

    Sound familiar to anyone ..? :-\

    Makes sense that these are some examples of Abusive behaviours.. I find it very odd that this info is seemingly NEVER promoted or mentioned publicly on mainstream TV programs or advertisements.
    In terms of being on a ‘need to know’ basis, I’d class this information as incredibly important and relevant that I would believe would interest the public greatly- to know about this type of stuff ..?! 😉

    1. (I meant to include mentioning that I have a much better understanding of aggression and abuse *now* compared to what I knew about it up until only fairly recently, since experiencing it led me to looking into and researching information on the issue/topic-
      I decided that I wanted- no, NEEDED to understand the signs/symptoms of DV and what ‘abuse’ actually is, and what it means.
      Now I know what abuse looks and sounds like, it’s much more easy to identify it- 😉 )

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