Domestic Violence

Dear sister graduates & non graduates
Of the school of fear

My name is Fee; I am a victim of domestic violence. I want to talk about a subject that is almost taboo.

Domestic violence, physical & emotional abuse in our society affects all of us it doesn’t discriminate between our race, social status, or religion. On behalf of those who can no longer speak up because they are dead, on my own self and those who are still in bondage in the school of terror and shame.

You are not alone. Let’s tear down the wall of shame, like the wall of Berlin West & East was turned down in '89.  It is time to stand up to fight this war against us at the physical level by taking this matter to the legislature.

Statistics shows that 4 women die from the hand of their husband or boyfriend every day; over half of the victims don’t report their abuser to police because they view it as a private or personal matter, or are afraid of reprisal of their abusers. Domestic violence homicide narrative on Jane Doe INC annual review for Massachusetts was 17 incidents that occurred between December 31, 2003 to January 1, 2003 which resulted in the death of 24 people, 19 victims of homicide and 5 perpetrators who then committed suicide.

The affect of emotional abuse is disgraceful to women's spirits. Some cases can lead to mental illness, addiction to drink, or even death. It takes faith and spiritual strength to rise up to fight the enemy within, a person that you love, have loved compare to the enemy outside.  It is a crime against us, we women, who have put our truth, lives in the hands of those who supposed to protect us.

It is a betrayal which should no longer be a spiritual crime, but also a physical one in the eyes of the law maker, to make it a law. At the time that we want legislature to make stronger abuse laws with penalty of imprisonment for the perpetrator & help for the victim. We want the legislature to put a system in place a program for people to know each other and to go to marriage counseling, promise to care for each other, to the best of their abilities, to commit themselves to their marriage to prevent the worse.

Marriage is the most important relationship between men & women. Yet not taught. We teach and learn anything from cooking, human DNA, to Chemistry. We even go to the moon to know our planet, but we don’t take the time to know & to commit to each other.

Why not invest in marriage which is the mother of all relationship.  Marriage can be the best thing to happen to any lonely soul waiting for a soul mate.  On the other hand, when it is the opposite it can be a nightmare.  Let the government put in place a system of marriage counseling & advisor to bring down the statistic of domestic violence & abuse, to have healthy marriages & family relationship.

We may not eradicate the whole problem, but we will be glade to have started the process.

Sisters, as I mentioned at the beginning, domestic abuse doesn’t care about your social status, color, or religion. Stand up for domestic abuse. Let your voice be heard by casting your vote today in support of stopping the abuse and give a chance for healthy family act plan, for the next generation to come.

In God we trust to overcome all obstacles.

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[Barbara]

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you put that into a web search engine, you will find lots of information about things you can do to get the word out on domestic violence.