The week of Father's Day is also National Men's Health Week which recognizes health issues specific to men.

One issue often ignored is male victims of domestic violence.  While women do make up the large majority, 85 to 95 percent, of domestic violence victims, men can just as easily be victims of physical and verbal abuse.

The exact number of male victims is very hard to determine because the numbers are low, and made even lower due to the assumptions that men cannot be victims of domestic abuse.  Domestic violence experts and psychologists believe that many men are reluctant to admit that they have been abused.  Furthermore, signs of domestic abuse easily noticed in women, like bruising or injuries, are often simply regarded as sports or work injuries in men.

While it is crucial to stop domestic violence against women, it is very important that domestic violence against men be recognized and not hidden in order to put an end to it as well.

If you or someone you love has been a victim of domestic violence, contact the Raleigh domestic violence lawyers of Marshall & Taylor P.C. at 919-833-1040 to learn more about your rights.

A North Carolina couple was arrested after reportedly hitting each other repeatedly.

 The man approached authorities while at the hospital and told them that he had punched his wife in the face. The man told police that him and his wife had been fighting all day and tensions rose after they were drinking in a bar. He claimed that his wife had also been hitting him and he was just trying to defend himself. The wife claimed that her husband also did not mean to hit her and that he was just trying to defend himself.

She said that she was very upset and stressed about her mother being in the hopsital and that this was the reason for the figthing. The couple was arrested for criminal domestic violence and both were taken to jail.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of domestic violence, contact the Raleigh domestic violence lawyers of Marshall & Taylor, P.C. by calling  919-833-1040 today.