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I Am a Victim of Emotional Abuse

So many people believe that abuse in a marriage is one sided. Just like the cheater is responsible for the death of a marriage. It is far from the truth. Abuse doesn't know gender or race. I am a man and I have faced emotional abuse for the past 16 years until I finally took up the courage to leave.

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SimplyK · 61-69, M

Women actually do physically abuse men, you just don't hear about it as often because men hide the fact that they are getting beat up by a woman....they are u shamed and embarrassed along with all the other emotions that come from being abused...

Caroline259 · 56-60, F

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.

ShadowSteel · M

@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.

Sharon · F

@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.