STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BE A SURVIVOR NOT A VICTIM Why Does He Treat Her So

STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BE A SURVIVOR NOT A VICTIM Why Does He Treat Her So? His touch was not a loving one, Meant to soothe her fears. An embrace was not a warm one, A display for their peers. The voice was not a kind one, Full of scorn and jeers. Her life was not an easy one, Seen through eyes of tears. With a promise to love and cherish Throughout all her life, Why does he treat her so, The one he calls his wife. Every night she prays to God, To save her from this hell, Of broken hearts and shattered dreams, Her existence a hollow shell. The face she shows to others, Is just a shadowed veil. The loving home she wants, Has turned into her jail. With a promise to love and cherish Throughout all her life, Why does he treat her so, The one he calls his wife. Randall J. Beers		ALARMING STATISTICS... Between 11 and 42 million women experience serious assault by an intimate partner each year. 47% of men who beat their wives do so at least 3 times per year. Nearly 1 in 3 adult women experience at least 1 physical assault by a partner during adulthood. Only about one-seventh of all domestic assaults come to the attention of the police. Each year, an estimated 3.3 million children witness their mothers or female caretakers being abused. 40-60% of men who abuse women also abuse children. Young women, between the ages of 16-24 in dating relationships experience the highest rate of domestic violence and sexual assault. An average of 28% of high school and college students experience dating violence at some point. 26% of pregnant teens reported being physically abused by their boyfriends -- about half of them said the battering began or intensified after he learned of her pregnancy. Requests for emergency shelter by homeless families with children increased in 68% of US cities surveyed in 1999. 57 % of homeless families identified domestic violence as a primary cause of homelessness. Between one- and two-thirds of welfare recipients reported having suffered domestic violence at some point in their adult lives; between 15 - 32% reported current domestic victimization. Black women experience intimate partner violence at a 35% higher rate than white women. A battered woman who is not a legal resident, or whose immigration status depends on her partner, is isolated by cultural dynamics which may prevent her from leaving her husband or seeking assistance from the legal system. These factors contribute to the higher incidence of abuse among immigrant women. While same-sex battering mirrors heterosexual battering both in type and prevalence, its victims receive fewer protections. Seven states define domestic violence in a way that excludes same-sex victims; states have sodomy laws that may require same-sex victims to confess to a crime in order to prove they are in a domestic relationship.


DOMESTIC VIOLENCE A SURVIVOR'S STORY ABUSE	MY INFO: NAME: ME2HVN (Grace) EMAIL: [email protected]