I realize reading facts and statistics aren't the most popular and FUN thing to do, but I challenge you to read through this list of statistics. . .
This shows Domestic Violence has NOTHING to do with race, color, religion, social status, class status, age, gender (male/female), sexual preference. Domestic Violence impacts EVERYONE, whether you are a man or woman, gay or straight, rich or poor, white or black, adult or child, and because this is true means we have to work overtime to spread awareness so we can decrease these rates. It is our responsibility to research the issues of our generation going on in our world, in our country and do something to improve the wrong and the bad in the world. Simply educating people can potentially help a future victim. Knowing this topic is even an issue can raise suspicion and cause people to be more careful and develop limits when it comes to relationships. The statistics are REAL, and it hurts reading them seeing all the hurt and pain people are going through. A large amount of people suffer in silence, a lot of this domestic violence is not reported let alone dealt with. The issues linger on and causes all kinds of problems in each individual, then are passed down to our children and the cycle continues. We must speak up and speak out, no more hiding, no more feeling embarrassed, feeling scared, we must tackle this issue head on and help change these statistics. Numbers don't lie...
Number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq: 6,614
Number of women, in the same period, killed as the result of domestic violence in the US: 11,766
Number of women in the U.S. who report intimate partner violence: 1 in 4
Number of men in the U.S. who report intimate partner violence: 1 in 7*
Number of women who will experience partner violence worldwide: 1 in 3
Percentages of people killed in the U.S. by an intimate partner: 30 percent of women, 5.3 percent of men.
Number of gay and bisexual men who experience domestic violence in the U.S.: 2 in 5 (similar to heterosexual women)
Chance that a lesbian** in the U.S. will experience domestic (not necessarily intimate partner) violence: 50 percent
Estimated number of children, worldwide, exposed to domestic violence everyday: 10,000,00
Worldwide, likelihood that a man who grew up in a household with domestic violence grows up to be an abuser: 3 to 4 times more likely than if he hadn't.
Chance that a girl of high school age in the U.S. experiences violence in a dating relationship: 1 in 3 Percentage of teen rape and abuse victims who report their assailant as an intimate: 76
Percentage of abused women in the U.S. who report being strangled by a spouse in the past year: 33 to 47.3 (this abuse often leaves no physical signs)
No. 1 and No. 2 causes of women's deaths during pregnancy in the U.S.: Domestic homicide and suicide, often tied to abuse
Number of women killed by spouses who were shot by guns kept by men in the home in the United States: 2 in 3
Everyone reading this can fit into one of these categories. How do you feel about reading this blog post? What can you do to help fight against Domestic Violence? Comment below.
This shows Domestic Violence has NOTHING to do with race, color, religion, social status, class status, age, gender (male/female), sexual preference. Domestic Violence impacts EVERYONE, whether you are a man or woman, gay or straight, rich or poor, white or black, adult or child, and because this is true means we have to work overtime to spread awareness so we can decrease these rates. It is our responsibility to research the issues of our generation going on in our world, in our country and do something to improve the wrong and the bad in the world. Simply educating people can potentially help a future victim. Knowing this topic is even an issue can raise suspicion and cause people to be more careful and develop limits when it comes to relationships. The statistics are REAL, and it hurts reading them seeing all the hurt and pain people are going through. A large amount of people suffer in silence, a lot of this domestic violence is not reported let alone dealt with. The issues linger on and causes all kinds of problems in each individual, then are passed down to our children and the cycle continues. We must speak up and speak out, no more hiding, no more feeling embarrassed, feeling scared, we must tackle this issue head on and help change these statistics. Numbers don't lie...
Number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq: 6,614
Number of women, in the same period, killed as the result of domestic violence in the US: 11,766
Number of women in the U.S. who report intimate partner violence: 1 in 4
Number of men in the U.S. who report intimate partner violence: 1 in 7*
Number of women who will experience partner violence worldwide: 1 in 3
Percentages of people killed in the U.S. by an intimate partner: 30 percent of women, 5.3 percent of men.
Number of gay and bisexual men who experience domestic violence in the U.S.: 2 in 5 (similar to heterosexual women)
Chance that a lesbian** in the U.S. will experience domestic (not necessarily intimate partner) violence: 50 percent
Estimated number of children, worldwide, exposed to domestic violence everyday: 10,000,00
Worldwide, likelihood that a man who grew up in a household with domestic violence grows up to be an abuser: 3 to 4 times more likely than if he hadn't.
Chance that a girl of high school age in the U.S. experiences violence in a dating relationship: 1 in 3 Percentage of teen rape and abuse victims who report their assailant as an intimate: 76
Percentage of abused women in the U.S. who report being strangled by a spouse in the past year: 33 to 47.3 (this abuse often leaves no physical signs)
No. 1 and No. 2 causes of women's deaths during pregnancy in the U.S.: Domestic homicide and suicide, often tied to abuse
Number of women killed by spouses who were shot by guns kept by men in the home in the United States: 2 in 3
Everyone reading this can fit into one of these categories. How do you feel about reading this blog post? What can you do to help fight against Domestic Violence? Comment below.