Domestic Abuse
The Men's Room
talkSPORT
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Join Ade and Rory in The Men's Room as we delve into a topic not often explored within mainstream media, male victims of domestic abuse.
In this episode we are lucky to have with us two truly remarkable men, Chairman of the ManKind Initiative Mark Brooks OBE and survivor of domestic abuse David.
Join us as we hear David's emotional story, managing to escape his abusive marriage and his aim to bring hope to other men who feel trapped in their relationships.
Every year one in three victims of domestic abuse are male equating to 757,000 men in the UK. If you or someone you know has been affected by any of the topics discussed in this podcast please visit https://www.mankind.org.uk or call their confidential helpline 01823 334244
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| 1:01.0 | Hi guys, in today's podcast we will be discussing themes involving male victims of domestic violence. |
| 1:08.0 | We understand this can be a very upsetting topic for people to hear. |
| 1:11.0 | So if you are sensitive to these conversations please go and listen to some of the other fantastic episodes |
| 1:16.0 | and I look forward to you joining us in the men's room next time. |
| 1:21.0 | Hello everyone, I'm Adi La Diba and welcome to another episode of the men's room |
| 1:36.0 | where we discuss everything, you guessed it, men. |
| 1:39.0 | When we signed up for this myself and Rory, we wanted subjects that were challenging subjects |
| 1:44.0 | that were maybe taboo by some people and I think today we have just that. |
| 1:49.0 | Let me first introduce Mark Brooks, Chairman of the Mankind Initiative as charity |
| 1:54.0 | that for over 20 years has been helping men escape abusive relationships. |
| 1:58.0 | Mark, really appreciate you coming. |
| 1:59.0 | Absolutely pleasure, thank you for inviting me. |
| 2:01.0 | Rory, are you looking forward to this one as well? |
| 2:03.0 | Yes, I am. |
| 2:04.0 | I mean, when we initially discussed doing a podcast like this, |
| 2:09.0 | it was confronting these sort of topics that made it so interesting from our perspective, didn't it? |
| 2:16.0 | So yeah, really I'm looking forward to hearing more about this. |
| 2:19.0 | And I guess a subject for listeners and the viewers as well. |
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