Male Abuse Awareness Week 2015
As always, Dec 1-8 is Male Abuse Awareness Week on the Help4guys.org website. Here’s this year’s promotional video, talking about male victims of abuse:
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Male Abuse Awareness Week 2015 https://t.co/2UYtUQd7P8 via @SurvivorNetwork