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Trigger Warning: This post discusses domestic abuse, coercive control, and safety planning. If you are in immediate danger, please contact your local emergency number or a domestic violence hotline. Normally, when we talk about domestics violence, the victims are women and the abusers are mostly men. But abuse doesn’t have a gender. Let me share a story that happened just a week ago. A man named Peter was dating a woman. She moved into his single-room apartment on her own, without him ever having lived with a girlfriend before. To many guys, it sounds like a dream — someone to cook, clean, and always be there. But for Peter, it became a nightmare. She started every argument. She withheld his phone to make sure he wasn’t talking to anyone else. When he talked back, it turned physical. He wasn’t the type to hit a woman. She was the one hitting him. After some months, Peter decided to leave. He moved out and left the apartment for her to end the relationship. But she didn’t le...