BATTERED MEN: THE HIDDEN HURT
By Who.What.Why on 03/07/2017
“… Not a lot of people know this about shelters, according to Dianna Thompson, SAFE Executive Director:
“It is shocking that you’re pretty much out in the cold if you have a son,” Thompson said. “How is that helpful? And that boy is a victim, too — he’s been witnessing the violence. You’re excluding someone just because he is male? It’s wrong.”
Thompson has received letters from female domestic-violence victims who haven’t been able to escape from their abuser because they have a son who is not welcome in a shelter. …”
Read the entire article: http://whowhatwhy.org/2017/03/07/battered-men-hidden-hurt/