Men are sometimes forced to stay in abusive relationships because their partner has threatened to make false allegations against them if they leave, according to Rhonda Lusty of the Men\u2019s Advisory Project. Threats can include wrongfully accusing them of domestic violence or child abuse.<\/p>\n
Threatening to make false allegations to stop a partner ending a relationship is a form of coercive control, a practice that has been made a criminal offence. Anyone can be falsely accused, but male victims of domestic abuse may face widespread disbelief due to the way society\u2019s perceives a domestic abuser.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have definitely worked with men who have threats of: \u2018I will go to your work and say that you are a sexual abuser\u2019 or \u2018I will tell the police that you\u2019ve harmed me … I will tell the police that you\u2019ve harmed our kids\u2019,\u201d Lusty was quoted as saying by the BBC.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose threats will keep a man in a relationship because not only does he love the person and want to remain in the family, there\u2019s this fear that because he\u2019s a man and because of how we view domestic abuse, that those threats will be believed without question.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was speaking after a high-profile murder trial in Northern Ireland in which a mother who killed her two-year-old son falsely claimed she was a victim of emotional abuse by the child\u2019s father. In court it emerged she abused him, her ex-husband and children from her first marriage.<\/p>\n
The Men\u2019s Advisory Project helps male victims of domestic abuse in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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