Every 7.5 seconds a woman is beaten by her husband or boyfriend.
(National Resource Center on Domestic Violence)
Battery is the single major cause of injury to women- more than rape,muggings,
or accidents combined. Two thousand to 4,000 women are
beaten to death annually.
(U.S.Surgeon General)
More than 75% of abused women surveyed reported their children had been
physically and/or sexually abused by their batterers.
(National Clearing House for the Defense of Battered Women)
Males who grow up in violent homes are at a high risk to repeat
such behaviour in their adult relationships.
(Abused Women's Aid in Crisis Survey)
Every hour 12 women are raped.
That is almost 300 each day/10,000 each year, that are reported.
(U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary)
Twenty-eight percent of students will be involved in a violent dating
relationship in their high school careers.
(Sugarman & Hotaling)
Fifty-eight percent of the abused elderly identify their spouse as the abuser
while only 24% identify their children as abusers.
(AARP Women's Iniatiative)
Physically Abused
Pushed,shoved,slapped
Kicked, choked, hit, or punched
Threatened with or without a weapon
Refused help when sick,injured or pregnant
Fearful for your safety.
Sexually Abused
Sexually assaulted
Made to pose for seductive or sexual photographs
Ridiculed about your body or sexuality
Told all you were good for was sex.
Emotionally Abused
Subjected to jealous anger
Manipulated with lies and contradictions
Isolated from family and friends
Humiliated in private or public
Threatened that your children will be taken away
Kept from working or having access to money or transporatation
Called degrading names such as "stupid" "irresponsible" or "no good"
National Domestic Violence Hotline
In early 1996, President Clinton announced a new, nationwide, 24-hour toll-free
domestic violence hotline. The voice number is 1-800-799-SAFE,
and the TDD number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-787-3224.
For shelters in Indiana call 1-800-332-7385
they will also refer you to a shelter nearest to you in your state.
© 1996-1999 Broken Wings has 5 sections to it,
the first 2 are my poetry,
the next is Survivor Links and Help Places
the nest is© 1998 The Garden Of Butterflies where those names are listed
of loving people who have survived abuse and earned their wings.
The last is the The Garden Of Butterfly Memories where those
names are listed of loved ones that did not survive abuse.
I pray that you find these places in my world helpful.
Many Faces In My Mirror, Castle Of the Seventh Day, Lacie's Poetry Garden,
The Natural Woman, Broken Wings and the Lacie butterfly
are trademarks of Lacie Through The Looking Glass.
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