 What is domestic violence?  Statistics  Warning Signs  To get away from abuse  Conclusion

According to Merriam-Webster, domestic violence is the inflicting of physical injury by one family or household member on another; or a repeated or habitual pattern of such behavior. (Merriam-Webster) /watch?v=dNJQrM- YKUs&feature=related

A survey from , which include the 50 states and District of Columbia, said nearly 25% of women were raped or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse. About 1.3 million women are assaulted physically by an intimate partner yearly in the United States.( Tjaden & Thoennes) In 2000, about 1,247 women were killed by abuse from an intimate partner. (Rennison) In 2002, about two-third of women were killed by an intimate partner by using a firearm. (Violence) About 1,006,970 women were stalked yearly and 81% of those women that were stalked and were physically assaulted. The most common abuse is sexual assault. Women are most likely to be sexually assaulted and they make up about 78% of the victims of rape and sexual assault. Men are almost always the perpetrators of sexual abuse against women. Of these acts, these such were committed to a woman since the age of % of rapes, 92% of physical assaults and 97% of stalking acts. (Tjaden & Thoennes)

 Shows guilt  Feels isolated or untrusting of others  Emotionally and economically dependent  Has a poor self-concept  Seen other women in her family being abused  Feels angry, embarrassed, and ashamed  Fearful of being insane  Learned to feel helpless and powerless  Has unexplained injuries/bruises that go untreated. (Women’s Rural Advocacy Programs)

 Victims of domestic abuse is usually women.  There are different types of abuse.  Women shouldn’t let themselves be treated with no respect.  We should STOP violence against women.

 “Domestic Violence.” Merriam-Webster  Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ , Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, at iv (2000), available at  Callie Marie Rennison, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ , Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief: Intimate Partner Violence, , at 1 (2003), available at  The Violence Pol'y Ctr., When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2002 Homicide Data: Females Murdered by Males in Single Victim/Single Offender Incidents, at 7 (2004), available at  Stalking Resource Ctr., The Nat'l Ctr. for Victims of Crime, Stalking Fact Sheet, (citing Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Justice, NCJ , Stalking in America: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (1998)  Women’s Rural Advocacy Programs :

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