Emotional abuse is ingnored because it is hard to prove in the legal system. There are no visable bruises, scratches, scars, or wounds. Emotional abusers are also professionals at what they do and master manipulaters. They will invalidate thier victims, force them to take the blame, convince everyone around that thier victim is mentally unstable and prone to exaggeration. It really is no different than any other form of abuse, just with less evidence.

Its even worse for male victims of emotional abuse such as myself (my mother was my abuser) because:
-men are often viewed as the abusers
-men have no emotions to be abused
-men are made of solid muscle
-men can take whatever is thrown their way.