Domestic violence affects men just as well as women. Men suffer more from the mental abuse rather than the physical, but the physical does take place. In most cases the guy deals with the occasional slap across the face or having things thrown at him. It becomes the norm in many of our households. All you can really do is leave the hostile situation, because in most cases the guy will end up in jail. No matter what happens you always feel like you're the one who has to apologize, because most of the arguments are about what you did or didn't do. Not to take anything from women, but men to have it hard in these situations.
Many of us are told to work out our relationships, because all you have to do is a few things different to eliminate the physical abuse or mental abuse. If this were a woman her man would be called all kinds of names by her friends, parents and also have new enemies who want to harm them in some way. Society contradicts it's self when it comes to the relationships between men and women. The thing that's sad about the situation is that the women convince themselves that their behavior is justified in some way. Whether you are right or wrong in an argument should never justify putting your hands on anyone.
A lot of the situations go on unresolved and usually end badly with someone being hurt. They say there is never a reason to hit women , which I totally stand by, but what is not being told is what exactly do you do. A lot of reasons men don't show emotion is because the way his girl or wife may have responded when he did get emotional, which is why he may walk around with a chip on our shoulders.
We may be men, but we are people first and if men don't get the same respect that they are supposed to dish out then we will always have this growing epidemic in our relationships. A woman will yell at her man more when she knows that he wouldn't hit her. It's sad, but true. Why should things get physical, before any one hears you. I think we all can learn from each other if one just takes the time to understand the person they are with. Listen to your mate. Let them tell you where they came from, it will go a long way. Help them see what's troubling them. A lot of us wear our emotions on our sleeves anyway. We are just humans and we are not going to agree on everything. In the end we all have to do is learn to agree to disagree or get out of the relationship.
