Do men get physically and mentally abused?

Answer 1

Yes, more often than women ormenthink. Most men are brought up not to hit women and stick to that practice so when a man is hit, slapped, shoved, scratched or has things thrown at him or she is verbally abusive he takes it because most men feel everything is revolved around women being abused and that women are the weaker sex. Men don't realize that there are programs out there to help them and that society is becoming moreaware that men can be physically or mentally abused as well as women. Men that are abused are basically in their own private world of hell. They can't tell family, they can't talk to their male friends because most other men would wonder what is wrong with him for not 'slapping her down and controlling the situation.' The poor guy being abused can't win for losing. I know two cases of female abuse againsta malemate. My girlfriend's son is married toa young woman that is a heavy drinker and gets nasty when she does drink. One night he was in bed sound asleep and she went over and punched him square in the nose! Of course he woke up in great shock and couldn't figure out what happened to him. He staggered to the bathroom to look in the mirror at his bloody nose and she nailed him behind the knees with a Golf club! He hit the floor like a rock! As soon as he could function he picked up the phone, called the police and had her taken away in handcuffs and let her stew overnight in jail. She has never hit him since, but is verbally abusive. The other case was a man that works with my brother. This man would come to work with stitches in his face and black eyes. When asked what happened he would cover it up by saying he got into a brawl at a pub the night before rather than admit his wife beat him up. He eventually confided in my brother. Just like some women feeling they are stuck with an abusive man, this man felt he was doomed to stay with his wife and was actually a victim of her abuse! One day he came into work and announced his wife had a massive heart attack and died. Of course the coworkers were saddened to hear this (what other reaction could they show) and he smiled and said, 'I'm free at last!' Sad, but true.

Answer 2

It is not abuse its discipline when a woman hits a man, but when a man hits a woman its considered abuse.

The above answer is not correct, anyone who hits, attacks, harms, hurts, gives physical or emotional pain to another person is infact abusing that person.

Answer 3

• It was always thought that because women were considered the weaker sex that it was just woman that were abused and the statistics are still high on more women being abused than men. However, in the past ten years studies have found that yes, men certainly can be abused by their girlfriend or wife. Most good men are brought up not to hit a woman and that is good advice. However, some women take full advantage of this and consider this type of reaction from a man to be a weakness, rather than the man being a gentleman when he actually feels like belting her a good one. He knows if he hits her then he will be the one to pay the price because society has been misinformed about abuse against men. Abusive women can kick; scratch; punch; shove; throw items or slap a man and in some rare cases women can use a weapon such as a kitchen knife or other objects. Men have had black eyes; missing teeth; scratches so severe they try to cover them up. Some have had broken ribs or broken leg or arm bones. Men are in a very delicate situation because they fear if they tell a male or male friends about it they will think he is weak and generally the advice given by his friends to hit her back is bad advice. He cannot go to family because they may tell him to hit her right back or at the very least leave her, so the man is in the cross hairs. Fortunately, male abuse is much more acknowledged today and there are programs for men to seek out to deal with an abusive partner. You only have to phone your mental health in your area and they will give you the information. Men have a right to go to abuse programs to learn how to deal with an abusive partner or if they should stay and deal with it. Also verbal abuse enters the picture and that can be psychologically as harmful as physical abuse. The man can end up terrified; walking on egg shells; have health issues because of the stress because he knows nothing he does will be right and the verbal abuse starts. This too is covered under the programs for abused men.

Answer 4

what are the statistics on men being abused in the city of Philadelphia PA