The world is wedded to an extraordinarily narrow, myopic view of domestic violence.
And we all know it.
The big bad violent man, reining unilateral terror down upon a tiny damsel in distress. It’s a storyline fitting of a Disney film, and whilst it certainly exists in the world of domestic violence – it is not a complete, all encompassing picture. Meanwhile, on the other side of the coin, is the victim so often excluded from visibility, advocacy, compassion and services – men.
So why is the world so enamored with such an antiquated, exclusionary view, and how do we bring the missing victims back into the picture?
What do you think?
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2026-10-01