The recent defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard highlighted to the world how men can fall victim to domestic abuse.

Even so, male victims still struggle with the stigma, still struggle to see themselves as a victim and still struggle to get appropriate help.

In this episode we look at the challenges facing male victims and try and understand why society still doesn't easily accept that women can be perpetrators of violence. We also explore why the UK government are only able to help male victims within it's 'violence against women and girls' strategy.

We also hear from Richard; a victim of domestic abuse to hear first hand what he experienced and how he struggled to get the help he needed.

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As the family courts seek compromise when it comes to how co-parenting exists, we're hearing more and more about parental alienation. In this episode we're looking at what parental alienation is, what its like to experience alienating behaviour from the perspective of a parent, and also the perspective of a child.

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Our Parental Alienation experts are:

Ben Hine - Professor of Applied Psychology at the University of West London (Twitter | Website)

Laura Naser - Family Lawyer: Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP. Author: The Family Lawyer’s Guide to Separation & Divorce - How To Get What You Both Want (Twitter | Website | Book)

What's it like being a dad? How do you react to finding out parenthood is on the horizon? How do you keep kids alive?

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Parenting can seem daunting, and while its often been seen as the mothers responsibility times are slowly changing and dads are being more and more involved in raising their kids. So we chatted to 5 dads about their experiences.

Dan Flanagan & Andy Ahmad-Walsh from Dad La Soul

Al Booth from How to be a Dad Podcast

Jim Coulson from Bewildered Dad

& Barrington Reeves from Sowing Seeds Manchester

There's a knock at the door. It's the Police. Someone has accused you of rape. What do you do?

It's a nightmare situation faced by an unknown number of men. As #MeToo and #BelieveWomen have spread across the globe, what happens when an accusation is false? What are the repercussions of someone facing that allegation?

Across two episodes we're looking at the effect of being falsely accused.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have recently given us a front row seat to how complex a trial can be when crimes happen behind closed doors. When it's a case of 'he said / she said' who should you believe?

Over the two episode we'll hear from Liam who spent two years being investigated for 12 counts of rape and sexual assault along with legal experts who tell us what the risks and consequences of prosecutors being guided by societies demands.

Experts featured in this episode include:

• Dr Ros Burnett is a Research Associate, formerly Reader in Criminology, at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford.
• Dr Dennis Eady is a lecturer at Cardiff University and leads their innocence project which encourages law students to investigate and examine potential cases of wrongful conviction or miscarriages of justice.
• Matthew Scott is a barrister who specialises in criminal law, including appeals, wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice.

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There's a knock at the door. It's the Police. Someone has accused you of rape. What do you do?

It's a nightmare situation faced by an unknown number of men. As #MeToo and #BelieveWomen have spread across the globe, what happens when an accusation is false? What are the repercussions of someone facing that allegation?

Across two episodes we're looking at the effect of being falsely accused.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have recently given us a front row seat to how complex a trial can be when crimes happen behind closed doors. When it's a case of 'he said / she said' who should you believe?

Over the next two episode we'll hear from Liam who spent two years being investigated for 12 counts of rape and sexual assault along with legal experts who tell us what the risks and consequences of prosecutors being guided by societies demands.

Experts featured in this episode include:

• Dr Ros Burnett is a Research Associate, formerly Reader in Criminology, at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford.
• Dr Dennis Eady is a lecturer at Cardiff University and leads their innocence project which encourages law students to investigate and examine potential cases of wrongful conviction or miscarriages of justice.
• Matthew Scott is a barrister who specialises in criminal law, including appeals, wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice.

Music from Epidemic Sound, sign up for a 30-day free trial here

As independent content producers we don't get paid for the hard work needed to produce the podcast. Make a donation to support our work and ensure we can continue producing high quality episodes raising awareness of the challenges men face.

Support The Problem With Men Podcast:

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Never before have we been so bombarded with images of the ideal man. Our social media feed is full of #gains, buff boys compete for female attention on reality TV shows and chiseled chins promote the latest 20 bladed razors.

But what happens when we don’t have the ideal body, face or hair? How when we’re bombarded with images and ads telling us we’re not good enough can we have some level of self esteem?

In this Episode of The Problem With Men we’re looking at body image and body dysmorphic disorder.

Charlotte Markey's book - Being You: The Body Image Book for Boys is available here.

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This episode does discus themes such as eating disorders and suicide. Information and resources are available on our website: http://theproblemwithmen.co.uk

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In the past 50 years sperm counts have halved. 

Many of us are waiting until we’re older to start families creating more challenges for conception. 

Not only is this personally devastating for individuals but it could also be devastating for society as it leads to an unbalanced population. 

So what is the issue? What’s happening to our sperm? What can we do about it?

In this episode of The Problem With Men Podcast we’re looking at the male fertility crisis. 

Chatting to seminal experts; Professor Richard Sharpe who is head of the Medical Research Councils Centre for Reproductive Health and Sheryl Homa who runs the only registered fertility clinic for men in the UK. We unpack the issues and look at potential solutions. 

Also in this episode; Bill Petok & Anthony Ryb talk to us about the psychological impact of facing infertility. Ian Stones from Fertility Network UK tells us about his successful online support group and we hear from IVFDad.com’s Chris Lawson who kindly takes us through his experience of fertility treatment.

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In this episode of The Problem With Men Podcast, we’re looking at divorce. While we’re often captivated by gossip around celebrity break ups (see Kim Kardashian's divorce for example) there is a common theme where women are seen as getting a fresh start and new lease on life

Divorced men on the other hand are considered bitter and miserable. Is this really the case? Does divorce affect men and women differently? How does a man deal with divorce? And how does it affect a mans health? 

We speak to Anthropologist Craig Eric Morris, Divorce Solicitor Vanessa Lloyd Platt, licenced therapist Gary Brown and Professor John Oliffe the founder and lead investigator of the University of British Columbia’s Men’s Health Research program.