(+234) 809 495 5338 – Save the Men Domestic Violence Towards Men: A Human Issue, not A Gender Issue Specific laws against domestic violence as a crime is rare in Nigeria until lately when we had the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP) – 2015 and Protection Against Domestic Violence Laws (PADVL) - 2017 (Law of Lagos State) among others. These laws are promulgated to protect every person against domestic violence regardless of their gender. However, the perception of the society and the law enforcement agencies with regard to male victims of women perpetrated domestic violence seems to be different. The unfortunate effect of this biased attitude against the men victims are based on stereotype belief system. For instance, men were viewed as the brea...