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Domestic violence against men - the upsettingfact.

Domestic violence against men is far from always easy to detect, but it is usually a terrible danger 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 viewed as a victim of "domestic violence?" And where can you or they go to get assistance in complete confidence?

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

What are the signs of domestic violence against men?

Domestic violence is also referred to as domestic abuse, beating or other spouse or partner violence. It occurs more commonly between people living in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence against men will likely take on many various forms, most notably psychological, emotional, physical, sexual abuse and invariably the threats of mistreatment. Domestic violence occurs without respect to sexual orientation. In fact, it happens in both in heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

Domestic violence against men is often hard to detect. 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 extremely protective. in time and in hindsight s/he turns out to be terribly controlling and quite often terrifying. In the beginning with that person, the abuse seems as isolated occurrences. And that's when the cycle of i'm sorry and assurances to not to do that abusive thing to you ever again.

In a lot of domestic partnerships, domestic violence against husbands might consist of both persons or partners play-slapping and/or pushing each other around when one or the other gets angry. Typically neither person sees himself or herself as being mistreated or manipulated. Regardless, the adverse affects of those types of disguised violence, however, it will devastate a relationship and leaving both persons with deep, 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 abuse:

1. Constant, belittling name calling 2. Repeatedly saying hurtful insults or personal put downs 3. Physically stops you from going out to work or school 4. Slowly and eventually stops or cuts you off from seeing and talking to family, friends, neighbors and especially other people 5. Tries to restrain how you spend your hard earned money 6. Tries to keep control on where you go and even what clothing 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 firearm or other dangerous items 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 perform sex acts against your will (Never takes NO as a NO.) 16. Argues that you are to blame for his or her violent behaviors or tells you that you therefore deserved the abuse 17. Outwardly to you and especially to other people portrays 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.