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2. I hope they bring male victims of domestic abuse more support in these initiatives

Reply to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Tue May 25, 2021, 07:54 PM

May 2021

Most people are programmed to think of domestic abuse victims as female when it is estimated that 40% of domestic abuse victims are male. More needs to be done to offer support to male victims and help remove the stigma of a man reporting domestic abuse to authorities.

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The Biden administration to distribute $200M to domestic abuse victims [View all] FelineOverlord May 2021 OP

Good policy, many years ago there was a national effort against domesticc violence. It was brushed ShazamIam May 2021 #1

I hope they bring male victims of domestic abuse more support in these initiatives madville May 2021 #2

Twitter reply: Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #3