I'm on a mission to create awareness about the issue of violence towards men. Why you ask? Why not raise awareness about violence towards women or children? Why not just write about violence towards everyone?
Make no mistake, I do not believe anyone should ever be hit a man, woman, or child. I've chosen to focus on violence towards men in hopes that it will unite all movements advocating for the end of all physical abuse.
It has been my experience that when men are the victims of abuse they tend to be given less sympathy. If they dare to come forward with there stories they are looked at as weak or abnormal. I believe this is because both men and women continue to be raised to believe that men should be tough and should not show weakness or emotion. Because men get less sympathy, abuse towards them goes unrecognized and therefore continues. Not only this, but because men are raised not to show emotion, it is often the case that they do not report having been abused.
The media further perpetuates this in that many scenes of men being abused are taken lightly or are seen as comical. Further, often when men are the victims of violence in television or film, they tend to be portrayed as having deserved it.
Let's get real, violence is never the answer.
Men and women must stand up to all forms of abuse.
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