Archive for the 'Voices of Violence' Category

The Time is Now

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

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 the […]

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Common Myths

Monday, March 1st, 2010

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 […]

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What’s a Survivor?

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

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 effort […]

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Evil is…

Friday, January 25th, 2008

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 to me and others.
Evil […]

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Never forget!

Monday, January 14th, 2008

“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

Monday, November 26th, 2007

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 and […]

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