Antigua!

There are many reasons why we don’t know more about domestic abuse and violence against men. First of all, the incidence of domestic violence reported by men appears to be so low that it is hard to get reliable estimates. In addition, it has taken years of advocacy and support to encourage women to report domestic violence. On the other hand, very little has been done to encourage men to report abuse. The idea that men could be victims of domestic abuse and violence is so unthinkable that many men will not even attempt to report the situation.

The dynamic of domestic abuse and violence is also different between men and women. The reasons, purposes and motivations are often very different between sexes. Although the counselling and psychological community has responded to domestic abuse and violence against women, there has been very little investment in resources to address and understand the issues of domestic abuse and violence against men. In most cases, the actual physical damage inflicted by men is so much greater than the actual physical harm inflected by women.

The impact of domestic violence is less apparent and less likely to come to the attention of others when men are abused. For example, it is assumed than a man with a bruise or black eye was in a fight with another man or was injured on the job or playing sports. Even when men do report domestic abuse and violence, most people are so astonished men usually end up feeling like nobody believes them.

So berichtet die Antigua Sun über das Thema häusliche Gewalt.

Antigua! Eine verschissene kleine SÜDSEEINSEL!! (Ich entschuldige mich hiermit bei all meinen antiguanischen Lesern, das war nicht diskriminierend, sondern rein rhetorisch gemeint.) Aus unerfindlichen Gründen schaffen es die Karibianer, differenzierter über das Problem häusliche Gewalt zu sprechen als die allermeisten Medien in Deutschland.

(Fürs Protokoll, damit sich nichts Falsches festsetzt: Dass in den meisten Fällen häuslicher Gewalt Frauen schwerere Verletzungen davontragen als Männer, ist noch hoch umstritten. Es gibt seriöse Studien, die dafür und seriöse Studien, die dagegen sprechen. Quellen für Beispiele gerne auf Anfrage.)