Battered and Bruised

Today is the first day in National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence affects many worldwide. In the United States alone, the statistics on domestic violence are staggering:

• Nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner. In one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.
• 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. Of those, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence (e.g. beating, burning, strangling) by an intimate partner.
• 1 in 7 women and 1 in 25 men have been injured by an intimate partner.
• 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men have been raped in their lifetime. Almost half of female (46.7%) and male (44.9%) victims of rape were raped by an acquaintance. Of these, 45.4% of female rape victims and 29% of male rape victims were raped by an intimate partner.
• 1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed.

In fact, nearly 75 percent of Americans personally know someone who is or has been a victim of domestic violence. With that in mind, I am asking each of you to help expose domestic abuse. Please share the stories of family members/ancestors who either have suffered at the hands of loved ones or who have perpetrated the violence themselves. Together, let’s shine a light on domestic violence.

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