I continued to research, speaking to both male and female victims and found that just as the types of abuse reported by men are similar to the types of abuse reported by women, the impact of that abuse is much the same. What appears to be different is an unwillingness on the part of many men to accept that what has happened is actually abuse, many of them seeing it as something “that just happens”.

Part of male socialisation and the sexist stereotypes society imposes on our men and boys is to “grow a pair”, “man up”, or “take it like a man”. Therefore, it could be argued, men’s weakness is their façade of strength.

According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and the 2014/15 British Crime Survey, male victims (29pc) are more than twice as likely as women (12pc) to not tell anyone about the partner abuse they are experiencing, and only 10% of male victims will tell the police (26pc women). These figures show that domestic abuse is, in general, underreported, and that surely calls into question the current trend towards a gendered approach.