There is a gender discrimination that most people are not aware of, or simply refuse to recognize: discrimination against battered men. Despite cultural modernism, people still hold the stereotype of dominating men and submissive women. And here's where the problem gets hidden for very, very long. RENOWNED TV comedian Bill Cosby said: “Any husband, who says, ‘My wife and I are completely equal partners,’ is talking about a law firm or a hand of bridge.” Recent studies, however, tell of other things that men may not even talk about: violence from their partners. Although studies since 1974 indicate that women partners are as likely to physically and/or psychologically inflict violence on their men, even mental health researchers have the tendency to brush the issue off for many reasons. First, it is assumed that men are... [ READ MORE ] This article appears in SunStar Cebu newspaper on 9 November 2011.
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