- 1 in 4 women has experienced domestic violence in their lifetime.
- Women account for 85% and men, 15% of the victims of intimate partner violence.
- Between 600,000 and 6 million women, and between 100,000 and 6 million men are victims of domestic violence.
- Women ages 20-24 are at the highest risk of nonfatal domestic violence.
- Men and women of all races and economic status' are equally vulnerable.
- In 2004, nearly 2.2 million people call a domestic violence hot line to escape crisis, seek advice, or to help someone they know being victimized.
- 3 out of 4 Americans know someone who has been or is a victim of domestic violence.
- Domestic violence kills 2 women every week, but we rarely hear about it.
Those are just a FEW stats for you.
If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, get out. Contact victim's services in your city, state, province, country...WHATEVER. Just DO something. No one, female or male, deserves to be abused. If it has happened once, it will more than likely happen again. Like the video states..."It rarely stops..."
These statistic numbers need to be lowered.
You shouldn't have to live in fear. Get help. You're not alone.
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