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Good Morning,
I want to share of pieces of information about Domestic Violence, this morning.

• A woman is beaten every 9 seconds.
• The American Medical Association (AMA) and FBI estimate 3-4 million women are battered each year in the U.S.
• Domestic Violence is the single greatest cause of injury to women.
• The FBI estimates violence will occur during the course of two-thirds of all marriages.
• Women of all cultures, races, occupations, income levels
   and ages are battered – by husbands, boyfriends, lovers and partners.
• White, Black and Hispanic women all incur about the same rates of violence committed by an intimate partner.
• Approximately one-third of the men counseled for battering at Emerge (a nationally recognized batterers treatment program) are professional men who are well respected in their jobs and communities. These have included doctors, psychologists, lawyers, ministers, and business executives.
• Battering is the establishment of control and fear in a relationship through violence and other forms of abuse The violence may not happen often, but it remains a hidden and constant terrorizing factor.
• More than 80% of male batterers are not physically aggressive towards any other adults in their lives. They solely assault their intimate partner. If battering were a mental illness or behavioral disorder batterers would assault others, in addition to their intimate partner.

Understand male or female, you are not alone. Don't suffer in silence, get help. 

http://www.thehotline.org/

Toll-free, 24/7 hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

And as always remember to...live Blessed