Hurt twice: Society questions validity of male sex assault, domestic violence victims

thrway_1000 · 2015-03-12T17:35:15+00:00

The comments there saying men and women are different make me want to scream. God I hate that argument. HOW? How are we different? Physically - yes. Mentally - not so much.

The difference in our mental make up deals more with how we deal with things not if we do. We all suffer from hate, fear, anger, abuse, and violation. How we deal with it is where the difference comes in. But, we still suffer. We still bleed. Why can't people see that.

In some ways, these kinds of crimes can be worse for male victims. It makes them question their sexuality, their identity. Men's usual mental framework is setup to find solutions to their problems, while women are more likely to use their social skills to cope with these. The problem comes that there are no real solutions to abuse and betrayal, you can't walk off abuse. So, men bury their emotional baggage and let the wounds fester inside until it bursts in ways we can't control. Violence against our-selves or others. Of course, we are all individuals and some may be more damaged then others irrespective of their genders.

I could go on, but I won't for now. I just hope that one day we can all shed our biases and see that women and men are humans, and that all humans need and deserve our compassion and respect.

Title	Hurt twice: Society questions validity of male sex assault, domestic violence victims
Author	DGAgainstDV
Upvotes	24
Comments	1
Date	March 12, 2015 12:17 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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