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The results are not surprising but are reflective of most people's reactions to the plight of domestic abuse victims who are male.

If this situation was a man assaulting a woman, there is no doubt that the reactions of the public would be and in fact are VERY different!

Contact PrimeTime to thank them for this story and perhaps tell your story as a male victim of domestic abuse. PrimeTime does state in their story that there are at least 800,000 serious cases of abused MEN yearly and that it's is most likly that many more have not reported it.

Maybe if Primetime knew how serious the gender bias is regarding domestic abuse they would do an in depth story and help to bring this issue more prominently into the mainstream.

My perspective is that we are ALL human and abuse is abuse. No one deserves it, abuse is against the law, assault causes an individual and their family pain and hardship, and abusers need to be held accountable...all of this regardless of gender!

I will be contacting Primetime as the Executive Director of SAFE to offer our assistance and to encourage them to do more stories like this.
If you are a male victim and want to "tell your story" or be a part of the information we give to the Primetime staff, please e-mail me your information.

I will keep your name confidential but I WILL tell your story. You will only need to give your name if you decide to do something on camera for them at some point, and for that permission to release your name, I would contact you directly. Your name will go no futher than me unless you give me written permission on our release of information form from my office here at SAFE.

PLEASE E-MAIL,FAX OR MAIL YOUR INFORMATION,DO NOT CALL.
Our phone lines are busy with crisis calls and we only have a handful of volunteer advocates so we can't take massive amounts of calls coming in about this.
I anticipate many men and their families coming forward at this time, so please write, give me some history of your situation and include your contact number in case I need to talk to you directly.

Thanks in advance,
Lee Newman
Executive Director: Stop Abuse For Everyone


Please send your info. to me using any of the following ONLY:
My e-mail: lee@safe4all.org
SAFE-NH Fax: 603-297-0244
SAFE International Fax: 319-937-0096
SAFE-NH (mailing address)
P O Box 523
Rochester, NH 03867