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Darkhawk32

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5. My ex-wife was physically abusive to me.

Sun Jun 29, 2014, 07:58 PM

Jun 2014

She would hit, punch, scratch and slash me with metal spatulas. Now I'm a very big, powerlifter-looking guy and the only thing that hurt me physically were the slashes. But still, the rest of it scars you forever. All the while, society tells me that I should "suck it up" and "be a man". Men don't report much of the physical abuse and almost never admit the emotional abuse that happens to them.

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Regarding domestic violence... [View all] TreasonousBastard Jun 2014 OP

Do you realize how much anger, venom, hatred and verbal violence you would get if... Darkhawk32 Jun 2014 #1

It'll drift over this way. In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #2

Not drift, more like sludge. n/t Darkhawk32 Jun 2014 #3

It's a shame. In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #4

My ex-wife was physically abusive to me. Darkhawk32 Jun 2014 #5

I'm sorry for the things you endured. In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #6

I've known four men who were in such relationships... TreasonousBastard Jun 2014 #7

makes you wonder how much 'abuse' was him trying to fight back the_working_poor Jun 2014 #10

My now wife used to abuse me quite frequently. Tetris_Iguana Jun 2014 #8

Unfortunately, not a complete surprise Doctor_J Jun 2014 #9

You seem to be under the mistake that this is new. the_working_poor Jun 2014 #11

Injury to women is commonly the culmination of a cycle of violence. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2014 #12