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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What’s a Survivor?

Mar 25th, 2008 In: Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

People still ask why didn’t you leave, or just get a divorce. You’d think more than 25 years later that they’d realize or even get that doing either would NOT have stopped a lifetime of abuse. Funny how it’s easier to blame the victim, than to offer help. One must ask themselves if they put [...]

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Evil is…

Jan 25th, 2008 In: Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

Evil is the father of destruction and unfathomable pain. Evil will plant the seed of immorality, and his son will keep it nourished. Evil is the beast more horrendous than the name itself or what it could represent. Evil is the ever-present shadow that blocks the sun. Evil thrives on what his son will do [...]

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Never forget!

Jan 14th, 2008 In: Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

“In violence we forget who we are.” ~ Mary McCarthy Never forget that you are a woman of worth! A woman that deserves respect! A woman that needs love!

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Incomplete

Nov 26th, 2007 In: Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

I was at one point under a circumstance that cost me a lot. Today I cannot say I am complete because I am missing two wonderful beings that I miss so much and that I won’t be able to see again. If you have a situation where you can not get out ask for help [...]

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Time Passes

Nov 12th, 2007 In: Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

I told my self I will try harder this time. This time would be different. This time things will change. I was wrong! I want to stop. Stop everything. Stop beating myself up for a while. Sadly, time slips by. Too many fights, too many people waiting for me to fail, too many friends counting [...]

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