Once upon a time there was a comic strip called "Bring-
ing Up Father." It featured a wealthy family: Maggie the
stout, domineering wife; Jiggs the rotund, henpecked hus-
band and a beautiful, blond adult daughter who followed her
mother's lead in belittling
and making a buffoon of
Jiggs. Maggie insulted Jiggs,
made a fool of him and often
hit him with a rolling pin.
Readers laughed and
laughed, very funny. Cer-
tainly, no one ever thought
of Maggie hitting Jiggs as
"domestic violence." It was.
Jiggs was never referred to
as abused. He was.
Reported figures for do-
mestic violence where men
are the victims are very low,
approximately 5 percent
compared to 95 percent for
women. It's impossible to
know how pervasive the
problem is because men are
reluctant to admit being a
victim of abuse. In most
cases, a man won't risk the
feared humiliation and ridi-
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He usually doesn't call the police, go to the emergency
room or seek help or protection. Support groups for abused
men are now being considered, a few exist. Support groups
like "No to Abuse" want abused men to have the same help
and support as abused women. However, there are usually
not enough men willing to participate to have a group.
Abused men are not necessarily battered. However,
men are hit, kicked, the target of thrown objects and other
acts of violence much more often than is reported. Many
men are beat without being hit.
Owen is a friendly, nice looking, bright, helpful guy.
Honest and conscientious, he can always be counted on.
Owen is devoted to his wife, Linda, and their adopted child,
an orphaned nephew. He returned to college to complete his
degree in accounting while continuing to work full-time to 1
support his family.
Linda complains constantly about Owen and the "way
we live." She periodically appears at his workplace scream-
ing invectives, sometimes slapping him and accusing him of
affairs with any females in the office. Owen has lost several
good jobs even though his work is excellent. He has never
sought a support group, called the police or gone to a shelter.
Wayne and Julie are a storybook couple. Wayne openly
ados his beautiful wife, and takes an active role in raising
their children. He works constantly to upgrade their modest
home. They have a heavy debt load on their two new
vehicles, but both had good jobs. Julie was out of work for
while creating a lot of finan-
cial stress.
Julie has become openly
critical of Wayne. Nothing
he does pleases her. On her
new job, Julie has met an
older man who appears to be
financially well off. ,Many
nights she doesn't come
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