"I think we all do, but you choose your battles don't you?"
Oh absolutely, I wasn't suggesting you should choose this one. Just explaining why it's important to me.
"What I was trying to say is that we all prioritise what is important to us, and that the fact misogyny is not a priority or even registering much for some, doesn't mean "you are in denial" just focused in other directions. "
I know, as I said in the rest of my post. The thread was originally about people who did deny it existed, rather than people who just hadn't noticed it in their lives.
"So as a male, I post my own tale of years of abuse, I will be questioned and not believed"
In all honesty I find it unlikely that the main response would be one of disbelief. Yes, there may be some people who will do that, but then female victims of DV will also tend to get the same proportion of disbelief.
"I am not an abuser but a victim of abuse yet to point out how rife female on male abuse is within society and the distinct lack of support there is"
You are right that there is a huge lack of support. And it's disgusting. Unfortunately part of the problem is the view that women are the weaker sex, which disadvantages most women, and in the case of female on male violence makes it harder for men to get support.
I think the reason it causes problems on MN especially is that we get a lot of poster who come on and say that there is as much female on male DV as male on female DV. Which, according to the stats, isn't true. Admittedly the stats don't take into account unreported DV. But if you take into account historical and cultural factors, there is a reason why male on female DV is more prevalent.
It being more prevalent doesn't mean it is more important though.
It all needs to be stopped. In a slightly roundabout way feminism can help achieve this.