I Am a Victim of Emotional Abuse

Women can attack physically too. My husband was abused by his first wife, often needing hospital treatment for his injuries.

I think it's worse for men. It's harder for them to admit being abused and almost immposible to report it. Altahough it was obvious he was the victim of a crime, as soon as the police were told his wife was the assailant, they didn't want to know.

It's easy for us to say just leave. It's not so easy for the victims to take that advice. :(

It's said that it's hard for a woman to admit to being abused. I think it's much harder for a man and men don't have the support network either.

@Caroline259: My Counselor said that in cases of abuse it's never just one or the other doing it. Abuse is usually done by both individuals in a marriage. A man may physically abuse a woman but the woman will verbally abuse him back.

@AmazingPoet: I agree the violence is mutual in the majority of cases, about 80% I think, but not all. The other 20% of cases involve one partner attacking the other, verbally or physically, and the woman is just as likely to physically attack as the man is.

It's the old double standard at work again - men can't be victims and women can't be abusers. No doubt perpetrated by female abusers.

Would you ask that if the victim were female?