By Ayan Mellejor
Inquirer Mindanao
DAVAO CITY—Battered husbands do exist but most of the time they just keep quiet for fear of being sued themselves under a law protecting women and children against abuses.
This was what the Federation of Gender and Development (FGAD) here has found out, said Rene Estorpe, its president.
Estorpe cited the cases of two husbands in Agdao Centro, where he is the barangay (village) chairman, as examples of how men—who tried to complain about abuses by their wives—ended up being charged themselves.
He said the two complaining husbands found themselves charged with violating the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children (VAWC) law, or Republic Act No. 9262.
“The wives accused them of engaging in illicit affairs,†Estorpe said.
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