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Dr Elizabeth Celi's Blog
Book officially launched and readers starting to converse
The book is out in bookstores and conversations are happening!
The book was officially launched last week. It's in bookstores this month and conversations about this silent issue are growing!
Pre-launch offers of the book saw books being ordered from around Australia, New Zealand and the USA. Emails and callers are letting me know how much this book was needed. Men thanking me for putting in black and white and making what they experienced clearer in their mind. One man's wife said to him "Really, your ex-wife did all that to you??!". As a psychologist, that's gratifying to know a need is being met and this issue is starting more effective conversations.
It's only the beginning!
Attendees at the launch had some magnificent questions and comments that really showed the personal, social and professional considerations surrounding this topic. A lot needs to be done as we Break the Silence and assist male victims get the much needed support they seldom get.
It struck me as I reviewed the statistics to really help male victims get the help they need and rebuild their lives.
We have a problem with female aggression and abuse.
In our own Australian Bureau of Statistics Personal Survey, while 38% of women reported they'd experienced physical assault by their male partner, we don't often hear that 33% of those women also reported being physically assaulted by a female stranger and then 33% of those women were also physically assaulted by a female friend or family member. The 38% and 33% of assaults by the different groups aren't all that different.
So what are we doing about female aggression and abuse?
If we're going to help reduce the abuse, seriously, for male victims, we have to address the issue of female abuse and aggression.
When the same Safety Survey indicated that 27% of men experience physical assault by their female partner, then another 45% experience physical assault by a female friend or family member, I wonder what we need to do to assist male victims and female perpetrators get the assistance they need.
What are your thoughts on this?
Yours in Quality Living
Dr. Elizabeth Celi
Posted by Dr. Elizabeth Celi on 6th December, 2011 | Comments | Trackbacks
Tags: abuse, violence against men, family violence, domestic violence, men's health
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