Men are using a powerful hashtag to fight back against emotional abuse
According to NCADV, 4 in 10 people have experienced some kind of coercive control from an intimate partner. Sadly, #MaybeSheDoesntHitYou is raising much-needed awareness for a widespread problem.
This is disgusting. It really is. I hope that people gain awareness of this issue and their own situation and I really hope that we all find better.
I appreciate the hell out of the women reblogging this. As a survivor of such emotional abuse, I know it’s vital for men to step forward and talk about their experiences. The old “man up” narrative needs to die.
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Absolutely right. Abuse is abuse, no matter the gender
Male victims of partner abuse NEED to be taken seriously. And it starts with killing the idea that “real men” can’t be emotionally abused because they’re “too confident” or some bullshit like that. Everyone has weaknesses, and the people who’ll take advantage of those come in every (and no) gender. And no, structural male privilege DOES NOT excuse or ameliorate the abuse of any individual man.
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