Helping a Family Member

Mar 27th, 2010 // In: Resources, Voices of Violence // By: // Comments 0

Most women experience their first violent relationship between the ages of 16-24. This crucial age is when many women make the decision to leave a relationship and look out for future warning signs or enter the cycle of violence. The documentary, Sin By Silence offers a unique gateway for young women to see how irrevocable [...]

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Common Myths

Mar 1st, 2010 // In: Resources, Voices of Violence // By: // Comments 0

Women are perpetrators of domestic violence as frequently as men are. NOT TRUE: Men are the batterers in more than 95% of all reported cases. Battery is an anger management problem. NOT TRUE: If domestic violence were an anger management problem, then batterers would also punch out fellow employees or neighbors. A batterer hurts the [...]

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