Explain Why Women Stay In Abusive Relationships

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I have always wondered why women stay in abusive relationships, I felt it would be easy to get away from the abuse but apparently it

Many people may people may look down on women who stay in abusive relationships or not try and fight back, because they are judging from an outside perspective and do really understand these women situations hands on. If this problem was so easy to fix, we would not have a huge prevalence annually. The fact of the matter is every woman going through abuse experiences violence differently. In my opinion, I feel as if women may not have a back up plan where they can escape abuse and ensure their safety in the long run. Many women are not financial stable enough to leave the relationship. Not that its their fault,

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