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Abusers come from all walks of life.
Answer: True. Domestic violence happens in all kinds of families; rich and poor, urban, suburban, rural, in every part of the country, in every racial, sexual, religious, and age group. Although statistics may reflect that women experience domestic violence at a higher rate, all genders are capable of abuse and being abused.
Victims of abuse who choose to stay are choosing abuse.
Answer: False. No one deserves to be abused. It is important to remember that, as an outsider to the abusive relationship, we are not living with the daily threat and fear of abuse or death. Financial abuse occurs in 98% of abusive relationships and is the number one reason victims stay in or return to abusive relationships.
Domestic violence often involves the abuse of a companion animal
Answer: True. The use or threat of abuse against a companion animal is often used for leverage by the abuser to keep a survivor in line or silent. It is estimated that 88% of pets living in households with domestic abuse are either abused or killed.
Domestic Violence is the result of drug and alcohol use.
Answer: False. There can be a correlation between substance use and abuse, but correlation is not causation. Domestic Violence is a choice, and no substance causes or excuses violent behavior.Domestic Violence is always physical.
Answer: False. Victims of domestic violence may be experiencing emotional, financial, and/or psychological abuse. Abuse is about power and control, and there are many ways a partner may exert this control. All types of abuse are harmful.Children feel the impacts of Domestic Violence.
Answer: True. More than 15 million children in the United States live in homes in which domestic violence has happened at least once. These children are at greater risk of repeating the cycle as adults by entering into abusive relationships or becoming abusers themselves.There are actions I can take if I or someone I know is experiencing domestic violence.
Answer: True. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence you can reach out to WC&S via phone, text or chat.
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