A reader writes... Q: Is there such a thing as domestic abuse of a husband? Six times in the three years we’ve been married my wife has struck me. She has a terrible temper. She breaks dishes, throws them at me and hits me with her fists. I am bigger and stronger and able to fend her off. I have never hit her back. These rages are most often provoked by jealousy. I have many women friends, but I have been true to my wife. She refuses to get anger-management counseling and says her outbursts are hormonal. She says she loves me and seems genuinely sorry after these attacks. But I am worried she may hurt me or, worse, that I will have to hurt her in self-defense.
POLL: What should he do
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55% (888) |
Leave. Now. |
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36% (594) |
Keep trying to get her to counseling. |
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2% (39) |
Encourage her to take a boxing class. |
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0% (11) |
Try not to be around when she gets angry. |
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4% (77) |
Wear a cup. |
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