Reading Worm

When we picture a victim of domestic violence, a specific image usually comes to mind. But statistics tell a far more complicated story: society has a massive blind spot, and millions of men are paying the price. Trapped by deep-seated stigma and cultural myths about masculinity, many male victims of domestic abuse endure their suffering in complete silence. In her powerful new book, Shameful Silence: What You Don't Know About Domestic Violence , human rights attorney Alexandra Lozano exposes an epidemic we’ve trained ourselves not to see. Drawing on sixteen years of frontline legal experience, Lozano turns her focus to male survivors who face a heartbreaking, bleak refrain: “No one will believe me.” Invisible Tactics: Abuse Beyond Physical Scars True abuse can devastate a life without ever leaving a physical bruise. Lozano moves past clinical data to show the deeply human faces of this crisis through raw survivor accounts: Psychological Control: We meet Miguel, an undocumented fa...