Recent high profile events have brought domestic violence to the forefront.
Girlfriend knocked out on camera. Child whipped with a switch. Sister fighting her siblings. A judge hitting his wife. A man cussing his wife out in public.
All domestic violence. All wrong. All illegal. All u necessary. All unexpected. All unwarranted. All unprovoked.
Domestic violence can happen in marriages, families, same sex relationships; actually any type of intimate relationships.
How does it happen? Why does it happen? Power and control. Familiarity. .what you have always known to be the best way to change someone's behavior.
Can the abuser change? Can the victim become a survivor? Yes..but not immediate. .it is a process.
I have been a witness to domestic violence. I saw the cycle. I couldn't stop her from returning. I knew she was not stupid or weak. I just knew she couldn't stop being with him. She had to leave the country to end the relationship. I was a witness to this in college. At 18.
Domestic violence is not a black issue, a poor issue, a football player issue , a male as the abuser issue. It is everyone's issue. We cannot stop informing and empowering our community to change their mind set.
We must continue to have the conversation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence
http://m.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/domestic-violence
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