Break the stigma
Men can leave.
Abuse from a partner is not limited by gender or orientation. Neither is the right to be safe.
The research
Intimate partner violence affects men in same sex and different sex relationships, and men face particular barriers to being believed when they report it.
Source: Leemis, R. W., Friar, N., Khatiwada, S., Chen, M. S., Kresnow, M., Smith, S. G., Caslin, S., and Basile, K. C. (2022). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2016/2017 Report on Intimate Partner Violence. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Leaving is sometimes the beginning of the work.
Coercive control, threats, isolation, financial control, violence. Men experience all of it, from partners of any gender. Many stay because they fear nobody will believe them, or because of children, money or shame. This campaign is about making leaving imaginable, and safer.
Inside this campaign
What abuse can look like
Coercive control
Children and custody
Safety planning
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