During last night’s Stopping the Music to Silence the Violence event, Dr. Pernell M.J. Bush spoke on how he helps men get past domestic violence and abusive relationships.

He points out to men that struggle with abusive partners that “You don’t have to take the verbal abuse because you can (are able to) take it. You don’t have to take the physical abuse just because you can (are able to) take it. And deciding to leave something that’s unhealthy is not weak.”