For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity

Re:For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity by downerending on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:24PM (#22731932)

For better or worse, it's hard to imagine there'd be much demand (even if there's arguably need). I've been in a situation sort of like this, and reaching out to a shelter would have been the last thought on my mind.

Rather, we're pretty much taught and shamed into "sucking it up", both by women and men. That's usually what happens, and those who no longer can generally just end up as statistics.

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Re:For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity by maerF0x0 on Monday March 30, 2020 @06:33PM (#22732887)

While you're correct about the social conditioning, I think it's a ecosystem sort of feedback loop. "Real men dont need shelters" so then we dont make them. So then when men need shelters they think "See? Other men dont need them, I must suck it up and be a realmens"

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Re:For people with an abusive partner, lockdown means captivity by downerending on Monday March 30, 2020 @07:41PM (#22733317)

I do think they should exist (and be publicized).

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