If You Are A Battered Woman

YOU MAY BELIEVE you are the only woman who is being battered.

YOU SHOULD KNOW that a woman is beaten every 15 seconds in the United States. Woman abuse is the most common and least reported crime in this country.

YOU MAY BELIEVE, or be told by others, that it is your fault.

YOU SHOULD KNOW that you are not the cause of someone else's violence.

YOU MAY BELIEVE that if your partner promises that the violence will never happen again, it won't.

YOU SHOULD KNOW that if nothing is done to stop it, over time, battering tends to happen more often and becomes more severe.

YOU MAY BELIEVE there is nothing you can do to change things.

YOU SHOULD KNOW that you are not alone and there are things you can do. Sorting out your options may seem overwhelming, but by reaching out for the help that is there, you can do it!