History Film / MenDontTell

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: '''[[Main/{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]]'''. The film shows the negative effects it has on the husband being abused.
* '''EarnYourHappyEnding'''

* HenpeckedHusband: Dear lord...
* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: One of the extremely rare {{Gender Flip}}s.
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: '''[[SubvertedTrope NOPE]].'''

* TheUnfairSex: '''[[Main/{{Deconstruction}} MYTH]] [[Series/MythBusters BUSTED]].'''

* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Guess.
* WouldHurtAChild: Laura, who hit her own daughter when she asked her to stop yelling at Ed. The incident was enough to push [[PapaWolf Ed]], who was mostly passive up to this point, to try and restrain her. Her struggling lead them through a window where she got a concussion. The event also made the daughter turn against her and saves her father by telling the police everything meaning that Laura gets arrested.

* CassandraTruth: No one buys the fact that Laura has been abusing Ed.

* WouldHurtAChild: Laura, who hit her own daughter when she asked her to stop yelling at Ed. The incident was enough to push [[PapaWolf Ed]], who was mostly passive up to this point, to try and restrain her. Her struggling lead them through a window where she got a concussion

'''''Men Don't Tell''''' is a 1993 television drama film starring Peter Strauss and Judith Light. It was directed by Harry Winer. The film first aired on the Creator/{{CBS}} network on March 14, 1993, though it was never rebroadcast on over-the-air television, reportedly because it incurred the wrath of several women's groups. However, the film has since been shown a number of times on Creator/{{Lifetime}}.

'''''Men Don't Tell''''' is a 1993 television drama film starring Peter Strauss and Judith Light. It was directed by Harry Winer. The film first aired on the CBS network on March 14, 1993.

First telecast by CBS on May 14, 1993, Men Don't Tell was never rebroadcast on over-the-air television, reportedly because it incurred the wrath of several women's groups. However, the film has since been shown a number of times on cable's Lifetime channel.

* TruthInTelevision: Unfortunately, this type of domestic abuse happens quite often.

* {{Irony}}: Ed wears a type of sleeveless shirt known as "wife-beater".

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Due to not playing more on TV.

Men Don't Tell is a 1993 television drama film starring Peter Strauss and Judith Light. It was directed by Harry Winer. The film first aired on the CBS network on March 14, 1993.

* MenDontCry: One of the reasons why Ed refused to ask for help during the years of abuse.

* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Guess.

As he is interrogated, he tells his story of years of abuse, and how he even once sought help by calling a domestic violence hotline, only to get scorned and hung up on. This interrogation takes all night, by highly skeptical police. While this is going on, his children have been taken to their paternal grandfather-himself a retired police officer-to spend the night. In the morning his young daughter, who chose to remain silent through the years of abuse due to the humiliation and shame, asked the grandfather if her mother was in trouble. This surprised the grandfather, who then asked her why she thought her mother, whom he thought was the victim of his abusive son, would be in trouble? To this she said, "Because mommy hits daddy".

First telecast by CBS on May 14, 1993, Men Don't Tell was never rebroadcast on over-the-air television, reportedly because it incurred the wrath of several women's groups. However, the film has since been shown a number of times on cable's Lifetime channel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Ed [=MacAffrey=], a loving husband and father, is terrorized by the violent behavior of his wife, Laura. He tolerates this not only because he loves her and is concerned over the welfare of his daughter, but also because men are traditionally regarded as weaklings if they allow themselves to be battered by their wives. After one of Laura's destructive tantrums brings the attention of the police, Ed is suspected of being the aggressor. Finally, Laura goes too far and Ed tries to defend himself - whereupon Laura crashes through the front window of her home and is rendered comatose. Ed is arrested for Domestic Violence and Attempted Murder.

As he is interrogated, he tells his story of years of abuse, and how he even once sought help by calling a domestic violence hotline, only to get scorned and hung up on. This interrogation takes all night, by highly skeptical police. While this is going on, his children have been taken to their paternal grandfather, himself a retired police officer, to spend the night. In the morning, his young daughter, who chose to remain silent through the years of abuse due to the humiliation and shame, asked the grandfather if her mother was in trouble. This surprised the grandfather, who then asked her why she thought her mother, whom he thought was the victim of his abusive son, would be in trouble? To this she said, "Because mommy hits daddy".

Ed MacAffrey, a loving husband and father, is terrorized by the violent behavior of his wife, Laura. He tolerates this not only because he loves her and is concerned over the welfare of his daughter, but also because men are traditionally regarded as weaklings if they allow themselves to be battered by their wives. After one of Laura's destructive tantrums brings the attention of the police, Ed is suspected of being the aggressor. Finally, Laura goes too far and Ed tries to defend himself - whereupon Laura crashes through the front window of her home and is rendered comatose. Ed is arrested for Domestic Violence and Attempted Murder.

* AllAbusersAreMale: The reason Ed is arrested by the police after Laura crashes through the window. He even calls a domestic abuse hotline for help, but the operator simply scoffs at him before hanging up.

* TruthInTelevision: Unfortunately, this type of domestic abuse happens quite often.

* MenDon'tCry: One of the reasons why Ed refused to ask for help during the years of abuse.

Unique among the many made-for-TV dramas about spousal abuse--most of which are about women victimized by men--Men Don't Tell dramatizes the true story of a loving husband who is terrorized by the violent behavior of his wife. Ed MacAffrey (Peter Strauss) has long endured the physical and emotional abuse heaped upon him by his neurotic wife Laura (Judith Light), not only because he loves her and is concerned over the welfare of his daughter, but also because men are traditionally regarded as weaklings if they allow themselves to be battered by their wives. Even worse, after one of Laura's destructive tantrums brings the attention of the police, Ed is suspected of being the aggressor!

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: '''[[SubvertedTrope NOPE]].'''

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: '''[[Main/{{Deconstruction Deconstructed]]'''. The film shows the negative effects it has on the husband being abused.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: ''[[{{Deconstruction Deconstructed]]''. The film shows the negative effects it has on the husband being abused.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: ''[[SubvertedTrope NOPE]].''