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Domestic violence against men - the uncomfortablereality.

Domestic violence against men is not ever at all timesstraightforward to recognize, but it is generally a truly serious threat to the abused person. How do you recognize if either you or someone you know is being abused in such as way as to be considered a victim of "domestic violence?" And where can you or they go to get advice in complete confidence?

Beleive it or not, the fact is that women are not the only sufferers of domestic violence.

What are the warning signs of domestic violence against men?

Domestic violence is also known as domestic abuse, battering or other spouse or partner violence. It happens most often between people while in a intimate relationship. Domestic violence against men will take many various forms, such as mental, emotional, physical, sexual abuse and invariably the threats of mistreatment. Domestic violence occurs without regard to sexual orientation. In fact, it happens in both in heterosexual and same-sex relationships.

Domestic violence against men is often troublesome to identify. But all too often here is what happens: soon in the new and usually romantic relationship, one person seems very attentive, surprisingly generous and rather exceedingly protective. Soon and in hindsight s/he turns out to be terribly inhibiting and quite often terrifying. In the beginning with that person, the abuse might appear as isolated occurrences. And that's when the pattern of i'm sorry and promises to not to do that abusive thing to you ever again.

In a lot of domestic partnerships, domestic violence against husbands might include both persons or partners play-slapping and/or shoving each other around when one or the other gets upset. Typically neither person sees himself or herself as being mistreated or controlled. Regardless, the adverse affects of those types of disguised violence, however, it will ruin a relationship and leaving both persons with profound, long-lasting emotional scars and physical damage.

Domestic violence against men happens both in private and even in public. Here are 17+ warning signs that you may well be the victim of domestic violence:

1. Constant, belittling name calling 2. Repeatedly saying hurtful insults or personal put downs 3. Physically prevents you from going out to work or school 4. Slowly and eventually stops or cuts you off from seeing and talking to loved ones, good friends, neighbors and especially strangers 5. Tries to control how you spend your extra money 6. Tries to keep control of where you go and even what clothes you decide to wear 7. Is or acts jealous and angrily so 8. Is overly possessive 9. Frequently accuses you of being unfaithful 10. Becomes an angry, beligerent drunk or gets crazy when high on drugs 11. Has a handgun or other dangerous weapons and uses them to threaten you with violence 12. Has a history of and may still abuse pets or small animals 13. Has hurt you and/or your children or elderly parent(s) 14. Has hit, punched, kicked, choked or otherwise attacked you while you were sleeping, intoxicated or unable to defend yourself 15. Has raped or forced you to have sex or engage in sex acts against your will (Never takes NO as a NO.) 16. Argues that you are really responsible for his or her violent behaviors or declares you that you therefore deserved the abuse 17. Outwardly to you and especially to other people characterizes the bumps as a joke or just consensual rough sex that it all is no big deal.

To sum up, if either you or someone you know has experienced any of the above signs of domestic abuse, or been the victim of domestic violence, then please stop right now and call your local police department and report them. There are laws prohibiting physical voilence and state and local resources to help and protect male and female victims of domestic violence.