When people think of domestic violence, in my perspective people look at it like it only happens in marriages where the husband is beating the wife or in a long relationship where the female is the victim as well. My question however is what about the male. Society see's men as the more dominant figure and the stronger one. Males respectively should be raised to never hit a woman, but is it fair for a female to hit a man ? Even though her blows may not be as strong, there is still force behind that hit, and if the woman knows the man will not hit her in return is it okay that she may smack him or disrespect him when she is angry. This happens all the time on college campuses, many girls in a sense actually bully the male. Even though he is stronger and could easily hurt her, in an altercation she uses violence. I feel as if no one takes it seriously if the male is being abused. People would make a joke and laugh as if the male could not take control of the situation, when realistically he is trying to still be respectful.
Here is the link from a article of a man being abused by a woman in front of his two children.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bari-zell-weinberger-esq/its-time-to-acknowledge-m_b_8292976.html
My questions are:
1. If you saw one of your male friends getting hit by his girlfriend would you take it seriously? or would you atleast try to help?
2. Why do you feel as if no one takes it seriously when men are abused by their significant other?
3. In a situation where the female is clearly abusing the male, what action do you think he should take to stop her.
I don't know how I would react towards this because this is not as normal as when a men is abusing a woman. If it was my friend I probably would say something to her in private or try and calm her down. I believe if a women is abusing a man then he should leave her just as if a woman was being abused, she should leave this toxic situation.
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