by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Battered men possess an amazing amount of strength. The problem is that the only real power they embody is their strength to absorb the violence.

In the cascade of verbal, emotional, psychological and physical abuse, they endure-day by day, week by week, year by year. They stand there and take it, weathering the blows as they fake “you can’t hurt me.”

To read the complete article, please visit Battered Men – The “Abused Endurer” Stuck in His Emotional Desert

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