Over 4,000 Taiwan men reported abuse by wives
February 21st, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS ( 1 comment )Taipei, Feb 21 (DPA) More than 4,000 Taiwan men sought help after being abused by wives last year, the Central News Agency said Sunday.
In 2009, 4,428 men called the family abuse hot line set up by the interior ministry to seek help, after being abused by their wives, up from 1,325 in 2002, it said.
“These men suffered verbal or physical abuse from their wives. One reason is that some women earn more money than men, so they play a dominant role at home and begin to curse or beat their husbands,” the agency quoted Chang Hsiu-yuan, a ministry official in charge of domestic violence, as saying.
“Thanks to campaigns to raise public awareness about gender equality, more and more men are willing to report abuse by their wives,” she said.
But compared to domestic violence reported by women, very few men report such abuse for fear of losing face.
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May 4th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
This is directed to abused men. Men area abused sexually,financially,emotionally,harassment and further than that they are intimidated by their wives or ex wives silently because men do not report such ill practices. To all men who have come across this pandemic scourge of domestic violence in KZN, South Africa, can we face the reality that our government is perpetrating our(men)abuse because the cases we open against our abusers are rarely or satisctorily attended to our satisfaction. It is a time that we stand up and oppose this injustice system which allows some women abuse us and run to court or call police for false accusations.
It is high time that all of us form a forum of EQUAL RIGHTS IN TERMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. We who are given a sponge life let us face our government to stop this injustice. Some of us who had insufficient reasoning have resorted to a family assassination. Some are in jail because the law is oppressing the real victims of domestic violence, some have resorted to drug and alcohol abuse. Some have been turned wanderers when they they are drained of their last cents by their greedy ex-wives. Some have lost their valuables. We who are still victims why do we sit down and fold our arms as if nothing has happenned. To those who may be touched by this message particularly in Durban-KZN (RSA) can you please cast your vote in terms:
agreeing=5, Not sure=3 and Disagree=1 Justice system in our places favours women which results in men abused by their wives or spouses but men do not report their cases for the fear of public embarassment/losingface/ lack of awareness. I also invite pastors and civil law expects to email their correspondence to my email for organisastion of this forum so that they can be part of this wheel of change. Men I can assure you this will pave our way of saving our marriages and fight back professionally where a need arises. When you read this email understands that you are not alone in this battle.