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VICTIM BY CHANCE, SURVIVOR BY CHOICE! DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SILENT NO MORE!

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Category:	Religion & Beliefs
Created:	Sep 26, 2005
Type:	Public
Members:	105
Owner:	Delicious Ventura
Language:	English
Country:	Virgin Islands (U.S)

This Group Is Dedicated Two Of My Friends Who Lost Their Lives To Domestic Violence To The Men That They Thought Loved Them!{Natasha Cummings 05/15/2004 & Shirley Ann Phillip 02/07/2006}

What is Domestic Abuse?

God grant me the Serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and the Wisdom to know
the difference.

What is Domestic Violence?
Domestic violence is a sad and silent crime, affecting adults and children. Statistics say that one in three women are the subject of this crime, and half of those die as a result. Many women suffer in silence without talking about it, even denying it, and others don't want to know. It is about power, control and authority. It destroys your self-esteem, self-confidence, your soul and your spirit - sometimes it costs a life...don't let it be your's!

Disagreements develop from time to time in relationships. Domestic violence is not a disagreement. It encompasses a wide range of acts committed by one partner against another in an intimate relationship. This may occur in a variety of relationships: married, separated, divorced, dating etc. Violence of a particularly injurious nature is primarily perpetrated by men against women, though there are cases where men have been abused both physically and emotionally by their partners.

Domestic violence, or abuse, is a pattern of behaviours, some causing physical injury, others not, some criminal, others not, but all psychologically damaging. Frequently, domestic abuse includes threats of violence, threats of suicide, or threats to take children from the abused person. It may also include breaking objects, hurting pets, yelling, driving recklessly to endanger or scare the abused person, isolating family members from others, and controlling resources like money, vehicles, credit, and time.

The goal of an abusive person is to establish and maintain control over his or her partner. Domestic violence is a learned pattern of behaviour whose effects, without intervention, become more destructive and sometimes lethal over time.

Never think his violence is your fault.
Domestic violence is a crime.