He explained that whenever MADAM receives a complaint of battery against a man, its first reaction is to seek the consent of the person involved before proceeding to counsel. They have lost the ability to manage a violent spouse,” he said. When they eventually make it home late, they are up again by 4.00 am to 5.00 am preparing to dash out. “Today, many men hang around beer parlours till late in the night because they are scared of returning home to meet an abusive spouse. Now he cannot go back for fear she could attack him again. The assault has made him run away from home for three days.

“A man just complained to us today that his wife battered him. But these factors can predispose a man to depression,” he said.Īlso speaking with PUNCH HealthWise in an exclusive interview, Founder and Executive Director of an Ikeja-based non-governmental organisation, Movement Against Domestic Abuse by Men, Temidayo Adeyemi lamented that there is always a soft-landing for the girl child but not the boy. “Having a small stature or financial burden shouldn’t make one less a man.

“It can get to a point where he may develop low self-esteem and start seeing himself as a failure. For instance, if the man is a timid person who cannot assert himself or has a small stature, that could be to his disadvantage.

“For a woman to physically or verbally abuse the man at home, some factors are usually responsible for the affront. Ajibola Keshinro, a psychiatrist at Apapa General Hospital, told PUNCH HealthWise that domestic violence can come in the form of verbal or physical affront. They argued that it has become necessary for more attention to be paid to violence against men, warning that men suffering in silence from domestic violence are at risk of serious mental health issues.ĭr. The experts said incidents of domestic violence against men are underreported because of poor documentation of cases across the country. Experts in domestic violence matters have urged men experiencing any form of domestic violence to speak up to avoid sliding into depression.

Men suffer in silence