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Myths and Facts About Violence

Most people, whether or not they realize it, have attitudes and beliefs about battering that are based on myths. Myths are false beliefs that most people think are true. The following statements are myths that you, your family, your friends, even your doctor or minister or lawyer might believe.

The Myths of Violence:

  • MYTH: Woman battering is rare and isolated.
  • FACT: Every 9 seconds a woman is battered. Battery is the single major cause of injury to women, more prevalent than street rape, muggings or auto accidents. Three to four million women are battered each year.
  • MYTH: Women like the abuse or they would leave.
  • FACT: No woman likes the degradation and humiliation of a battering relationship. But many women feel they have no alternative. They have no place to go, no financial resources or emotional support. Many face threats of increased violence if they attempt to leave.
  • MYTH: Domestic violence occurs mostly in heterosexual, low income, and ethnic families
  • FACT: Battering and abuse are issues which cross all boundaries - including those of race, class and sexual orientation.
  • MYTH: There is no way to break out of a battering relationship.
  • FACT: Women can free themselves when they discover their own strengths and take advantage of community resources that offer safe and secure environments. W.O.M.A.N. Inc. provides the critical legal resources, counseling, and advocacy that help women help themselves and their children.

Myths about battered women:

  • Battered women are masochistic; they like being beaten
  • Battered women deserve to be beaten; they provoke it
  • If a battered woman wanted to leave, she would get plenty of help to do so

Myths about Abusers:

  • Drinking causes men to batter
  • A batterer must also beat his children
  • God-fearing men don't batter
  • Batterers are never loving; they are mean and violent all the time
  • Educated professional men don't batter
  • Batterers are violent with many other people, such as coworkers and friends

Facts about Battering:

  • 95 percent of all victims are women
  • Women are seven times more likely to resort to violence in self-defense
  • Three out of five women will be battered at least once in their lifetime
  • Four thousand women are killed by their partners each year
  • Abuse escalates over time, often starting as verbal attacks, erupting into violence and becoming increasingly violent
FACTS SHOW THAT IN TIME ABUSE DOES NOT GET BETTER IT GETS WORSE. THE ONLY THING THAT TURNS A MAN AROUND IS IF HE EXCEPTS THE LORD JESUS AS HIS SAVIOR, AND WANTS TO BE DELIVERED FROM THIS BEHAVIOR. GOD'S WAY IS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, AND LOVE NEVER HARMS ANOTHER PERSON

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