Why Men Stay In Abusive Relationships

There are many reasons as to why men stay in abusive relationships. Brown explains some of these reasons in “Male Victims of Domestic Violence – When HE is the Victim.” The three main reasons that men stay in abusive relationships are assuming blame, dependency on the abuser for survival, and for the children. Male victims of domestic violence often assume blame for the acts of violence because they feel as though they have done something wrong to cause their batterers to abuse them. Another reason is that male victims have a need to stay with their abusers because they are dependent on them for support. Children are also a reason that men stay because they feel that if they leave the children would have to suffer the same consequences they