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042823- An Angry Word (Part 3) by Wendi S. Harrington
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1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, etc.
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1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. This includes a range of behaviors (e.g. slapping, shoving, pushing) and in some cases might not be considered “domestic violence.”
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1 in 7 women and 1 in 25 men have been injured by an intimate partner.
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1 in 10 women have been raped by an intimate partner.
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1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence (e.g. beating, burning, strangling) by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
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1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed.
For anonymous, confidential help available 24/7, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) now.
Statistical information was obtained from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website at https://ncadv.sitewrench.com/statistics on 4/28/23.
An Angry Word (Part 3)
Darkness replaces day. Pain and hurt just fade away. Into the dark, I disappear. Nothing touches me in here. An angry word will wither and die. Hearts don’t break and eyes don’t cry.
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