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            Thursday, 27, April, 2006 (29, Rabi` al-Awwal, 1427)



                  Domestic Violence Against Men Increasing: NSHR
                  Arab News 
                    




                  JEDDAH, 27 April 2006 - The National Society for Human Rights 
(NSHR) has sounded an alarm bell about the increasing instances of domestic 
violence against men being reported in the Kingdom.

                  An increasing number of men have been complaining about their 
wives beating them up or pouring boiling oil on them, Al-Watan newspaper 
reported yesterday.

                  Al-Jawhara Al-Angari, chairperson of the family committee of 
the NSHR, said in a statement to the media that though the number of the cases 
of violence against men are fewer compared to violence against women and 
children, the reports of women torturing husbands both physically and mentally 
are on the increase. In some cases it's the sons threatening their fathers. 

                  Al-Angari attributed the tendency among women to be cruel 
against their men to such factors as a forceful personality, the age 
difference, marriages in which men seek financial dependence on women and the 
couple being a total mismatch. Instances where sons abuse their fathers are 
often linked to drug abuse. 

                  While several men agree that they witness a notable increase 
in violent tendencies in women, a young woman said to Al-Watan that her healthy 
aunt used to exploit the advanced age of her uncle to pounce on him and beat 
him up on a regular basis.

                  "Once she broke one of his teeth and on another occasion she 
broke his fingers. Her aunt's attacks eventually injured his spinal column," 
the young woman recalled. 

                  "Some of my friends are afraid to go home," said Hassan 
Al-Asiri, a government employee. "Instead they prefer to stay in some hotels 
unknown to their wives, presumably to escape violence."

                  Saeed Al-Amri, a scholar, told the paper that women who abuse 
their husbands take advantage of the men's weaknesses. 

                  "Some women do not know the basic principles of a married 
life, particularly the working women who exploit their husbands' poverty or 
weak personality," said Al-Amri. "Men often keep quiet about the brutal 
behavior of their wives, and even their illicit relationship with other men, 
because they do not want their family to break up and children become homeless."

                  Abdullah Al-Humaid, director of endowments, call and guidance 
in the Asir region, said, "Islam calls upon all believers to build their 
families on a strong foundation. It designates man as the family's supporter. 
Man is responsible for the family expenses and holding the unit together. 
Therefore he should possess a strong personality with commonsense and he should 
never create a situation in which a woman is allowed to dominate him. It does 
not mean that he should be rough and brutal in treating his wife. The 
relationship should always be seasoned with wisdom, patience and rationality."

                  Muhammad Al-Harbi, director general of the social protection 
department at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Riyadh, said: "Of course there 
are several instances of violence against men in our society, but they are not 
reported and statistics about them are virtually nil. In fact the department 
has not received any complaint of female violence."

                  Al-Harbi attributed the absence of complaints to a number of 
reasons, such as a social sense of honor that considers such complaining a slur 
on the male image.
                 
           
     


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