Back in 2007 I lived in two domestic violence shelters and was amazed at how many men get turned away! So many of the shelters focus on women/children. Where do men turn to? At the second shelter, two men were in residence. Both placed in a half finished basement, with beds and blankets ... but because it was feared the women there would not like them around, they were put in the basement. At meal times, they were asked to wait and eat only after the women were done and had left the area. An announcement would be made to the women, that the men would be in the kitchen area for the next hour and to avoid the area. The men were treated like criminals or like they were the ones who had done something wrong. So much more needs to be done to raise awareness for abused men. Shelters and other safe places for them to turn need to crop up and be brought into light.
