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Domestic abuse: not a gender issue

Name: Domestic abuse: not a gender issue
Uploaded: 2020-01-28T18:33:20Z
Duration: 12 min 36 s
Description: Society generally assumes that women and children will be the victims in cases of domestic abuse/domestic violence and that men are the perpetrators. In his talk, Andrew describes the wider struggle faced by male survivors of domestic abuse and shares his own experiences of the abuse he suffered during his first marriage: why he stayed, how he rebuilt and how he forgave.

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Andrew Pain |

TEDxLeamingtonSpa

• November 2019

Society generally assumes that women and children will be the victims in cases of domestic abuse/domestic violence and that men are the perpetrators. In his talk, Andrew describes the wider struggle faced by male survivors of domestic abuse and shares his own experiences of the abuse he suffered during his first marriage: why he stayed, how he rebuilt and how he forgave.

Domestic abuse: not a gender issue

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