Zimbabwe: Domestic Violence - Men Suffer in Silence

12 November 2012

PETER (not his real name) is a man who constantly takes physical, psychological and verbal abuse from his wife of four years. He married his childhood sweetheart, Dorcas and they have one child. Whenever they have a misunderstanding, Doracs has a tendency to grab the nearest thing to her and uses as a weapon.

The many scars on Peter's back from pots, knives and other household utensils that are capable of causing grievous bodily harm bear testimony to the abuse that he has endured at the hand of his wife.

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