There is no surprise that Domestic Violence and Breast Cancer Awareness inhabit the same month. Well, at least not for me and I believe, not for many. Domestic Violence is spreading like a disease or has it been secretly and profusely rearing its ugly head? We are finding out that no one, repeat “No One” is exempt. Age, ethnicity, financial status, gender nor religious belief qualifies as an exemption. Nothing excludes you from being a victim. Domestic Violence does not discriminate nor does Breast Cancer.
Many are pledging, marching and holding events to discuss these acts of violence, to which many are seemingly surprised. Yet this has has been around a long, long time; decades in fact! From generation to generation. What is surprising …show more content…
I loved reading and research, anything that would help women. I would put on a two-piece suit or a cute little dress and I was on a …show more content…
To be a part of their change, of their healing and the emergence of beauty for so many is overwhelming. To be counted with so many organizations on the front lines of restoration, while still in my healing process, is constantly a remarkable miracle to me.
Domestic Violence cripples the spirit, the soul and the mind. Yet often outsiders say in disgust, “why don’t you just leave, why don’t you just pick up, pack up and leave?” For many, doing so can often lead to a death sentence. Many have died attempting to leave or have been brutally beaten and left for dead. Look at today’s headlines.
Tragically, it took countless lives lost before “society” looked up. Per national statistics, someone is brutally beaten every 15 seconds. Anywhere from 13 million women are battered each year for asinine reasons, such as the dinner was too hot or too cold. As if you had just wandered into the “The Three Little Bears den.” Women have been violated because the bed was not made right, the house was not clean, they looked at someone, they were too fat or too skinny or “I” just felt like
Many are pledging, marching and holding events to discuss these acts of violence, to which many are seemingly surprised. Yet this has has been around a long, long time; decades in fact! From generation to generation. What is surprising …show more content…
I loved reading and research, anything that would help women. I would put on a two-piece suit or a cute little dress and I was on a …show more content…
To be a part of their change, of their healing and the emergence of beauty for so many is overwhelming. To be counted with so many organizations on the front lines of restoration, while still in my healing process, is constantly a remarkable miracle to me.
Domestic Violence cripples the spirit, the soul and the mind. Yet often outsiders say in disgust, “why don’t you just leave, why don’t you just pick up, pack up and leave?” For many, doing so can often lead to a death sentence. Many have died attempting to leave or have been brutally beaten and left for dead. Look at today’s headlines.
Tragically, it took countless lives lost before “society” looked up. Per national statistics, someone is brutally beaten every 15 seconds. Anywhere from 13 million women are battered each year for asinine reasons, such as the dinner was too hot or too cold. As if you had just wandered into the “The Three Little Bears den.” Women have been violated because the bed was not made right, the house was not clean, they looked at someone, they were too fat or too skinny or “I” just felt like