[Osem]

Yes I notice that appalling admission hasn't stopped her being used in TV advertising when had a man done the same thing there'd have been the usual outcry from all sorts of women's (and other) groups and he'd have been dropped like a hot brick. The response of the hosts of the show on which she made it also left a great deal to be desired, trivialising in front of millions serious abuse simply because the victims were male.

The double standards evident in the media on popular TV shows needs examining since it is routine to see men abused, ridiculed and slapped around in our soaps as if that were OK. I may be being hypersensitive but TV dramas tend to portray the men within them as aggressors, drunks, inadequates and losers being supported by and/or abusing long suffering female partners whose lives are dedicated to selflessly looking after their every need. It's about time we had some balance and given the reality they face, I'm surprised any male victims come forward.