My concern is this is going to be another “Christian men are bad” type of conference. The bottom line is it’s a sin problem, a breakdown of society problem. Also, they state “1/3 of women are abused”...what type of abuse? Is hurting someone’s feelings “abuse”? What is the standard of abuse?
Also, if they’re concerned about abuse why aren’t they mentioned that men in relationships are physically abused almost as much (25%), also men make up 78% of suicide and 74% of homelessness.
Verbal abuse can be very destructive and have a long, long time effect on the abused. My ex was verbally abusive. Not by yelling at me but by treating me like I never did things like he would do them and having to show me how things were done. From doing yard work to cleaning house, he had to show me a “better way”. If I got upset and told him that I knew how to do something, he would give me the “silent” treatment for a couple days. He either wouldn’t talk or gave one word answers. Of course, after a couple days, I would apologize and things would get back to normal. After years of this, I finally decided I had enough. Abuse coms in different forms and “hurting someone’s feelings” constantly can be abuse.