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Old Feb 25, 09, 4:07 am   #46
 
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True, but established stats are on my side of the argument.
Actually not, at least not in England and Wales:

Male abuse is being ignored

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Men in their early 20s are just as likely to be abused by their partners as women, according to the latest government figures seen by Newsbeat.

6.4% of men in England and Wales between the ages of 20 and 24 say they were victims over the last year, compared with 5.4% of women.

The official definition of partner abuse includes non-physical forms like emotional bullying.

It also means more serious behaviour like threats and severe force.
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Old Feb 25, 09, 8:07 am   #47
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Actually not, at least not in England and Wales:

Male abuse is being ignored
"The United Kingdom -- where men are men (and so are the women)."
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Old Feb 25, 09, 8:34 am   #48
 
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"Emotional abuse"? Oh, the poor little lambs!

Next we'll hear how they're victims of "verbal violence" as mentioned in a recent omni post.

Having known a victim of actual physical abuse, complete with bruises, facial bleeding, and eyes swollen almost shut as she ran for her life in the night, the terrors suffered by the "verbally abused" aren't exactly compelling and trivialize those suffering serious abuse.
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