Over the weekend I reported on Family Lore News the story in The Observer that more than 40% of domestic violence victims are male, according to a study by equal rights campaign group Parity. The study, Domestic Violence: The Male Perspective, can be found on Parity's website, in PDF format, here.
Mentioned in the story are Mark Brooks, a representative from the Mankind Initiative, a national charity that provides help and support for male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence, and Ian McNicholl, a male victim of domestic violence. Both were interviewed by BBC Breakfast this morning.
It is obviously good that this serious issue is at last beginning to get the publicity it deserves.
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