While it is a minor phenomenon suffered by women, men are also victims of domestic violence , reaching, according to data released by the Office of Domestic Violence, 9 percent of the complaints are registered in that porteña entity. This type of aggression occurs to a lesser extent than those affecting females, although the scourge usually kept more hidden, because the male has greater problems when asking for help because of the stigma related to male . with the “stronger sex”
the main causes for concealment are the lack of legal support; fear of ridicule; lack of resources; credibility problems; lack of family support ; and belief in the worthiness of violence.
You can find a variety of cases among that small percentage of abused men. The most serious are usually the elderly assaulted by their own daughters , a problem that exceeds the national reality.
Because in our country there are no specific programs or institutions exclusive attention to male victims of domestic violence, the only indication so far is based on statistical records made in February this year by the Office of Domestic violence (OVD).
As presented in his report the FUNDAMIND organization, 9 percent of complaints arising from police stations, hospitals and NGOs of the City of Buenos Aires, come from men.
the problem relates broadly with the issue of domestic violence, which includes cases of aggression within the family.
the national estimates assume that there more than 90 percent of attacks on women, while men are affected in less than 3 percent of cases. the rest are episodes of cross violence.
As is the case with women, men assaulted suffer from self-esteem issues that prevent them from leaving the series of violent events by their partners.
However, in these cases it may become more difficult to overcome the situation due to the Cultural meaning of patriarchy , which proposes male dominance and more an alleged physical power .
in general, experts emphasize the inability of man to report abuse by the cultural shame or, on occasion, for real ignorance be suffering from this type of violence, a situation that power with the lack of data.
the company has put on the public agenda the prevention and treatment of women victims of gender violence, which today occupy certainly a critical place but there are only treatments and information to deal with cases of abused men.
As expressed Marisa Mujica , coordinator of Community area FUNDAMIND, males are also victims of psychological violence and even economic, exercised by women through their children.
“When do DNA testing was not commonly used some men had to endure deceptions and in those situations women exercised violence who shared the father and children. The same is true when using the guys to get what they want financially, “said Mujica.
In seeking an explanation for this attitude, the specialist said that” perhaps this attitude was being generated in response to the domestic violence that was submitted and violence of exploitation for centuries exerted man, by buying and selling as a sex object. “
Meanwhile, Mujica said that” couples same-sex their hold men with men and women with women is similar to heterosexual couples “and warned:” in some cases, people are violent because they are conditioned by the development achieved in their genetic makeup or because they have experienced violence “.
More than 2,000 men reported abuse
Among the cases worldwide where he made visible the phenomenon of violence gender against men include that of Peru, where there were more than 2,000 men over 18 who reported abuse by women in the Centers Emergency Ministry of women and Development Partner l (MIMDES).
Meanwhile, since the 90 ‘, Chilean legislation on domestic violence includes a article in the law 19.325 that characterizes the domestic violence towards male , although a study shows a low number of complaints of men compared to women, but stands out as the main attack on the psychological violence , translated disqualifications, insults, and to a lesser extent, physical violence.
silent Reality?
in Spain, neuropsychologist Nuria Mestre Roldán told in Article “silent Reality?” if Manuel , a patient who had been married for eight years and in an argument with his wife about the treatment given their parents was beaten and hurt in various parts of the body while containing for not returning aggressions.
Victor Martinez Paton , a lawyer who specializes in mistreatment of men, he explained that in that country, before the complaints of women in the police station , the arrest of men is done immediately but there is sufficient evidence , often leading to abuse and false information harming the lives of many men who are innocent.
Another of the pioneers is the United Kingdom, where Mankind Initiative (Humanitarian Initiative) provides support services and attention to male victims of abuse and warning data on intra-gender violence.
conflicts
in addition, the contributions of the researcher Lara Stemple , at UC Hastings San Francisco, add abuse in situations of armed conflicts , where sexual violence against men is a very common problem, especially in East Africa.
the areas of conflict, while the social confusion and reconfiguration of power are at stake, enable particular forms of male sexual violence that have to do with the traditional rape, castration and AIDS transmission.
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