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cvoogt

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6. I see where the author's coming from

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 05:54 PM

Jun 2014

"It just happens about a hundredth as often and a thousandth as severely as sh*t like that happens to women, gays, and persons of color." Bit over the top. I do think this somewhat belittles what can be just as serious abuse of men by their partners, not 100th or 1000th as serious. It just happens a lot less frequently. I have been through it myself (physical as well as verbal/emotional) and I know there is no parity in frequency, but I won't let anyone tell me my experience is automatically less troublesome just because I happen to be a man. There are far worse things than what happened to me, but for me it was the worst thing that ever happened to me. I won't go into details because I have dealt with it and have moved on.

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