Hopefully you’d be outraged (as I would, and every MHRA I know) if a man said the following with respect to his ex-girlfriend:

In Dubai, we had a massive row and I pushed her and I slapped her around the face. It was only a slap. Everyone slaps their girlfriend once, when she deserves it.

My thanks to KR for pointing me towards a piece in today’s Independent in which Mark Brooks, chairman of the ManKind charity http://mankind.org.uk, rightly took exception to a piece on The Only Way is Essex:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/towie-slammed-by-domestic-abuse-charity-after-sam-faiers-admits-to-pushing-and-slapping-joey-essex-8652396.html

ManKind provides support to male victims of domestic abuse and violence. If you’d like to make a donation to this very worthwhile charity, you can do so through this link:

http://mankind.org.uk/donations_bequests.html

Thank you.