Now Free

Jul 31st, 2011 In: Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

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VOICES OF VIOLENCE includes anonymous stories submitted by readers. Click here to submit your story! I can relate to the many women who are incarcerated at CIW because i was there. My ex-husband is lucky because he is alive as is mine.  We had brutal fights to at times we ended up in a hospital. […]

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Helping a Family Member

Mar 27th, 2010 In: Resources Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

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 […]

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Common Myths

Mar 1st, 2010 In: Resources Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

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 hurts the […]

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What’s a Survivor?

Mar 25th, 2008 In: Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

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 […]

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Evil is…

Jan 25th, 2008 In: Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

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 […]

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Never forget!

Jan 14th, 2008 In: Voices of Violence By: Comments 0

“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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