I recently learned about a thing called “battered woman syndrome” and was wondering if a similar thing exists for men.

Jurassican_25 · 2024-05-16T01:07:21+00:00

Of course not. Didn't you receive the last memo? Only women are victims of DV.../s

Scarce12 · 2024-05-16T01:49:33+00:00

The term is misused, as Erin Pizzey wrote in her seminal paper "Comparative Study of Battered Women And Violence-Prone Women", which caused her to receive death threats, unironically.

2024-05-16T01:31:47+00:00

Karla Homolka got out of a life sentence for this during her trial. Hogwash

wilsonreeves · 2024-05-16T11:01:17+00:00

Yes it is called divorce/ break up with the mean bitch, then get a nice one. Thousands of nice ones out there . Problem solved.

duhhhh · 2024-05-16T13:40:21+00:00

Interesting post on the topic from years ago -

https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/e6hxvq/battered_husband_syndrome_as_an_explanation_for/

LAMGE2 · 2024-05-16T11:09:10+00:00

Politically incorrect so doesn’t exist

Low_Rich_5436 · 2024-05-17T07:24:38+00:00

I was a social worker for a time. It's true that people in violent relationships (men and women) usually don't want to leave. Or when they do they almost always go back. They are the hardest people to help, worse than drug addicts. Addicts at least want to get better, they just can't. Battered spouses want the violence to keep going.

I said what I said. The abuse is a feature to them, though usully not consciously. Children learn love from their parents. Battered men and women usually are people who have been confronted with parental abuse and associate it with what love is. Non-abusive relationships feel empty to them.

Like Erin Pizzey discovered, it's usually both ways. How can you show love if your emotions are not strong enough to throw you into fits of uncontrollable rage? How can you know you are loved if you're not important enough to your partner to mke them lose their cool. They will usually goad each other into violence.

The social narrative around domestic violence (a bad, violent person -probably male- vs a pure, innocent victim -probably female) makes us unable to help because we are treating the wrong disease.

It's not about control, it's about a desperate need to be loved.

KangarooCrapper · 2024-05-16T06:41:28+00:00

Doesn't fit the current narrative...so it doesn't exist.

2024-05-17T00:10:42+00:00

I call it PTSD. I didn't think men who didn't have the honor to serve the military wouldn't get PTSD, but I was very wrong. I do now, due to years of bad relationships ,being dehumanized, low-self esteem, being ignored, made feeling worthless.

DecrepitAbacus · 2024-05-16T05:56:13+00:00

Yes, but it's more likely to lead to suicide than murder.

operative87 · 2024-05-16T06:44:10+00:00

It’s another name for c-ptsd. An incredibly inappropriate name given that the most common cause is actually combat.

Black-Patrick · 2024-05-16T12:52:58+00:00

Pancake batter?

Title	I recently learned about a thing called “battered woman syndrome” and was wondering if a similar thing exists for men.
Author	Jurassican_25
Upvotes	86
Comments	20
Date	May 16, 2024 12:54 AM UTC (2 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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