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Originally Posted by Lostie!
I'd say you need to change the way people think, the outdated attitudes about male abuse are held by both men and women. I agree that what you say definitely applies to some, but I don't think the whole "self made prison of masculinity" applies in all cases. Some of them won't be speaking out for the very same reason some female victims don't, fear of their abuser and others won't because of the ideas other people (both male and female) put out there about how ridiculous the idea of male domestic abuse is.
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It's not a blanket statement and yes, some women do spread the stereotype but the fact that male domestic abuse goes unreported mostly a problem created by men's attitudes to masculinity, the idea that they are somehow less 'manly' if they suffer abuse is the driving force behind the silence. I do agree that attitudes need changing but the attitudes of men need to change first and everything else will follow on from that.