Originally Posted by Osem

... and threads like this are one way to raise the issue, get people thinking, encourage men to have their say on matters they're largely excluded from and hopefully do a bit more, including some of the things you suggest.

People come here for all sorts of reasons and once here often get involved in other areas of the site. We have threads on topics ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous and this issue is neither. Those who couldn't give a stuff may never change but the more this matter is raised and the wider the forums in which it is discussed the better. I'm certain a male abuse victim isn't going to come to CF as the first stop for advice but his mate down the pub might just be someone who has come here and read about it. It may be that friend then says or does something in order to help his long suffering pal out. Men must be encouraged to talk about the physical, mental and emotional abuse they suffer at the hands of women just as much as they need to get down to their GP's more often.

Men seeking an input into female orientated matters doesn't usually go down to well but maybe you don't realise that because you're not a male. That's what us guys get told all the time you know...

I really don't post here because I think it's going to change the world, I post here because I come here and know that every person who bothers to read this thread and those like it will go away quite possibly aware of an issue they'd never really thought too much about.

I'm not going into what else I choose to do but you can rest assured this isn't the only place or the only means by which I choose to raise an appalling unfairness which exists in our society and needs to be remedied. It's just one outlet through which the message can be disseminated and people challenged to think and it's people who haven't been aware of the problem who need to be targeted and educated most of all. To that extent, a forum like CF serves very well.