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Tue 12 Dec 2007Lash out against violenceThat's men for you - Padraig O'Morain's guide to men's health:Some years ago I met a group of people with physical disabilities and, in the course of conversation, I asked if all of them had been born with their disabilities.All had except one, a woman who had been so badly beaten by her husband that he had left her disabled for life and unable, ever again, to live independently.