MYTHS
MYTHS
MYTHS
- Domestic violence only happens in low-income families
- Abusers/victims have low self-esteem.
- Children are not at risk for being hurt or injured.
- Some people want to be beaten. They ask for it. They deserve it. Some people go from abuser to abuser - it must be something about them.
FACTS
MYTHS
MYTHS
- Domestic violence happens in all kinds of families, of any socioeconomic status, urban, suburban and rural, in every part of the country, in every racial, religious and age group.
- Domestic violence has nothing to do with anger. Anger is a tool abusers use to get what they want. We know abusers are actually very much in control because t
- Domestic violence happens in all kinds of families, of any socioeconomic status, urban, suburban and rural, in every part of the country, in every racial, religious and age group.
- Domestic violence has nothing to do with anger. Anger is a tool abusers use to get what they want. We know abusers are actually very much in control because they can stop when someone knocks on the door or the phone rings; they often direct punches and kicks to parts of the body where the bruises are less likely to show; and they are not abusing everyone who makes them “angry” but waits until there are no witnesses and abuses the one, they say they love.
- Those who abuse their partners are more likely to abuse the children in the home. Domestic violence is the number one predictor for child abuse. Subjecting children to an environment full of violent actions and hateful words is not being a “good parent.”
- No one deserves to be abused. Everyone has the right to live free of violence. No one would want to have their partner be abusive. Survivors who find that their second or third partner are abusers will often be blamed by others for the violence - ” it must be something about them” or the survivor will blame themselves - “I always seem to pick abusers.” In reality, the abuser uses the tactic of charm early in the relationship to find out that the person was previously abused. The abuser uses this information to blame the victim for the violence - “see it must be something that you are doing wrong, or there would not have been two of us” or to silence the victim - “you are not going to tell anyone, because if you do they will never believe you because you said that before.”
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