My Turn: We Run a Hotline for Male Victims and Perpetrators of Domestic Violence 'We believe it is possible—and essential—to engage with men in domestic violence situations before matters escalate beyond repair.'
for domestic violence, but it's unique in one important way: it's staffed by men and is aimed exclusively at men, including male victims of domestic violence, and men who fear they might be—or know themselves to be—violent abusers.
Women are disproportionately more likely to be victims of domestic violence, and over the last 30 years or so there's been tremendous work done on that front. But we know that it's harder to resolve a domestic violence situation if you only ever work with one gender.
A third factor—alongside many men's difficulty in sharing their pain and their anguish—is fear. They often assume that support networks are run by women and for women, and may therefore not be inclined to help a caller who's a man. And they also fear that even tentatively admitting any sort of damaging behavior will have them lumped together with murderers and result in them getting arrested, losing their families, or, at the very least, being publicly shamed.
We always thought that if there was a solution specifically designed for men they would in fact reach out, even without being forced to by the authorities. So we set out to change the conversation, to normalise discussion of therapy among Israeli men. We do this through relentless advocacy—everything from stickers on walls to workshops at conferences.
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