Domestic Violence

During the presentations on Friday, a particular one hit me close to home... domestic violence. Katie's presentation on domestic violence, brought a few new facts that I never knew and found shocking. Where three women are murdered everyday by a boyfriend, or husband. The static is shocking extremely shocking considering that is 1,095 women killed a year! This got me to thinking how many women are really suffering out there, that aren't saying anything. Why do the men abuse the women? To feel superior? 1 in 3 women report to being in (or at one point) an abuse relationship. How much higher is the ratio for women who don't report being in an abusive relationship? The fact that women stay in this relationships I can now understand. They stay in fear of being alone, or financial dependency, or even the fact if they leave their spouse is going to harm them more or possibly kill them. I want to know, what goes through the abusers head? Better yet, what goes through the minds of the women being abused? The presentation didn't change my view much on domestic violence, because (like any sane person should), I am against it but it challenges me to go out and make a difference. To do whatever I can to help women in abusive relationships. Even if that means, just giving them a hand to hold or someone to talk to. I can't and won't promise them that I can make the abuse stop, but I can help them get through it until someone can help.