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Some Stats On Domestic Abuse |
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Statistics:Conservative studies indicate that two million women are assaulted by their partners each year, but experts believe that the true incidence of partner violence is probably closer to four million per year. Thirty percent of American women report that they have been physically abused by their husband or boyfriend at one time or another. Americans estimate that half of all men, on average, have physically abused their wives or girlfriends at one time or another. Americans continue to believe that the majority of fellow citizens would do nothing if the man next door was abusing his wife or girlfriend. 84% report they would be concerned about their own safety if they tried to help in a specific situation of domestic violence. Forty-six percent of Americans continue to agree that "men sometimes physically abuse women because they are stressed out or drunk; it's not that they mean to hurt them." Thirty-eight percent of Americans agree "some wives provoke their husbands into physically abusing them." Twenty-four percent of American women have been hurt or injured by physical abuse at one time in their lives. One-third of women who are physically abused by a husband or boyfriend grew up in a household where this happened to their mother. About one in five were abused themselves as a child or teenager. |
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