More Abused Men than Women
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"What people should know is that abuse is about power and control, and regardless of whether the victim is a man or a woman, it is never OK," Havilah Tower-Perkins, media relations coordinator for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, tells WebMD. These statistics present a unique problem. While there are numerous support groups, information sources and shelters for women, the same resources don't exist for men who are abused. Visibility of abused women is more prevalent, and so are the means of helping them. There are few shelters available for abused men, and they ordinarily can't go to a battered women's shelter because of strict rules about men – and even teenage boys. But there are hotlines such as The Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men -- 1-888-7HELPLINE -- and websites such as BatteredMen.com, which offer a judgment-free way for male victims to get the help they need and deserve.
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