The Domestic Abuse Issue That Doesn't Get Enough Attention

by Laura Donovan

''It wasn't until he cut off contact with his former partner that he realized that she had abused him for nearly a decade.

"I didn't put the word abuse on it until the relationship was dissolved," the man — who asked not to be identified — told ATTN: in an email. "She always made me feel like I was the weak link in [the] relationship. So I took blame for a lot. Didn't realize until after what had been happening."

The man ATTN: spoke with is part of a large, oftentimes overlooked group of people who have experienced partner abuse.

One in four men will experience some form of partner violence during his lifetime, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. ATTN: has reported before that abuse comes in many forms: physical, verbal, emotional, and psychological, to name a few...''