The biggest problem with statistics is it doesn’t illustrate the full picture - most men in that position don’t even realise they’re being abused, or refuse to come out and acknowledge it.
Those men don’t end up as apart of the statistic. So the statistic is more a indicator as to which gender is more likely to report their abuser, than which gender Is actually a victim.
No statistic is going to be accurate, because it generally relies on the data being available, when often not all of it is.
It’s a fair point. Also women abusing tends to be more mental/emotional. Not that men don’t emotionally abuse their spouses, but it’s far more often to be physical, and thus harder to hide.
Also men, at least in America, are conditioned from a young age to “man up” and deal. We don’t have mental health issues. Not until we bottle it up for years and it gets to the point that we can’t hide our constant panic attacks any more. That, itself, probably comes from generations of being the sole provider. It’s a lot of stress. Our dads did it, why can’t we? Because it’s fucking hard, and you won’t get them to honestly admit it. At least the younger generations finally are (even if the earlier ones had it quite a bit easier).
The biggest problem with statistics is it doesn’t illustrate the full picture - most men in that position don’t even realise they’re being abused, or refuse to come out and acknowledge it.
Those men don’t end up as apart of the statistic. So the statistic is more a indicator as to which gender is more likely to report their abuser, than which gender Is actually a victim.
No statistic is going to be accurate, because it generally relies on the data being available, when often not all of it is.
It’s a fair point. Also women abusing tends to be more mental/emotional. Not that men don’t emotionally abuse their spouses, but it’s far more often to be physical, and thus harder to hide.
Also men, at least in America, are conditioned from a young age to “man up” and deal. We don’t have mental health issues. Not until we bottle it up for years and it gets to the point that we can’t hide our constant panic attacks any more. That, itself, probably comes from generations of being the sole provider. It’s a lot of stress. Our dads did it, why can’t we? Because it’s fucking hard, and you won’t get them to honestly admit it. At least the younger generations finally are (even if the earlier ones had it quite a bit easier).