Dear Queenie,
You have written some columns with letters from women who were being abused by their boyfriends or husbands but you have never had anything about men who are abused by the women in their lives – girlfriend, wife or even their mother.
My son is dating a woman who has actually hit him hard enough to make him bleed.
Queenie, what do you have to say about that?—Worried mother
Dear Mother,
Men have access to the same resources as women.
If a man is injured he can go to a hospital emergency room or doctor’s clinic for treatment, explain the cause of his injuries and report them to the appropriate authorities, and actually file criminal charges against his abuser if the injuries are serious enough.
But he should not just accept that kind of treatment any more than a woman should.