RITUALS OF SEASON book

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Domestic violence isn't just a domestic problem. Although U.S. celebrities like Rihanna and Chris Brown tend to attract the most media attention, the fact is that 1 in 3 women worldwide has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused during her lifetime. ("Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality." Pediatrics, August 2004).

Who is the woman in your life that has or will be beaten, raped, emotionally manipulated, or otherwise abused by her intimate partner? Your sister, your best friend, your daughter? Is it you? It's uncomfortable, it's painful to imagine a woman you know being abused by someone she loves but domestic violence THRIVES on our silence and unwillingness to confront it.

Silence is one of the most powerful weapons an abusive man can use against his partner. "You can't make it without me." "Nobody else would want you." My former abuser told me both these lies, and more. It took courage driven by fear for me to realize that as long as I kept quiet about his abuse, our son and I would always live bound in fear. That's not life- it's survival from one horrifying moment to the next.

TO EVERY WOMAN ENDURING ABUSE RIGHT NOW: This kind of existence, if you don't get help for yourself and your children, can lead to feeling the only way out is suicide. Your sons will be raised to believe the only way to relate to women is to beat them when they "get out of line." Your daughters will believe that possessiveness and physical violence equals love.

I'm living proof you can escape an abusive man before it's too late. If you can't tell the police or a friend, please call 1-800-799-SAFE.
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Added on Aug 18, 2009