Much focus is rightly placed on domestic violence against women. But men can be victims too. Continuing her series, Karen Sullivan looks at this rarely discussed issue

In my last article, we discussed the fact that an increasing number of young people are in toxic relationships and the victims of domestic violence (Relationship violence, SecEd, September 2016: http://bit.ly/2cDTgXN).

While much research focuses on the impact of children witnessing domestic violence in their homes, there is no doubt that being subject to abuse has serious ramifications for both physical and emotional wellbeing.

Not long ago, I listened to a radio interview that left me very uneasy. A rugby-playing, well-built man had been beaten (nearly to death) by his five-foot wife, over a period of six years – the duration of their marriage – on an almost daily basis.

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