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  • 2008
    • April
      • Victims Fears and Court
        04/01/08
        She stands alone looking lost and bewildered as the defense attorney fires question after question at her. Her fears overwhelm her. Her abusive husband has told her many times that no one will believe a word she says. That she is too stupid to convince anyone of anything that would tarnish his reput

  • 2007
    • December
      • Shoes in the Window
        12/26/07
        Domestic violence is a huge societal problem. Statistics tell us that it has in fact
        reached epidemic proportions. The CDC estimates that domestic violence
        occurs in 1 out of every 3 families. I have no doubt that each and every person
        reading this article has been affected directly o

      • Domestic Violence in Church
        12/26/07
        How many of you in our community have at some time or other experienced the
        flu, a drought, or perhaps been a victim of a violent crime? And how many of you
        feel that going to church would have made you immune to these experiences?
        When our community is battling the flu - naturally so

      • Calling It Anger Adds To the Danger
        12/26/07
        It is a common misconception that abusive partners have an anger
        management problem. As an advocate I hear many people say of abusers, “he
        has a problem with anger.” Many victims state that, “he just got mad” or, “he lost
        control of his temper”. However, domestic violence isn’t about

    • February
      • Positive Adult Peer Pressure
        02/15/07
        I saw an interesting program on TV the other night. It was called Together: Stop Violence Against Women . It was hosted by a man and a woman. It addressed domestic violence and rape – 4 personal accounts were given by the women themselves. It was good to see Jackson Katz – one of America’s lead

    • January
      • Message from a client
        01/05/07
        Hi i know u guys know me. I have visited ur website and i feel some what encourage to suggest to u how about a page designated to ur success stories for a blog maybe just a suggestion. I don't know what i would have ever done without knowing u guys were always there all 9 times or more i was at

      • K-Mart Misses Opportunity to Stand Against Violence
        01/05/07
        By Ben Atherton-Zeman, December 20, 2006



        “Problem Solved,” reads the T-shirt. The cartoon above features stick figure drawings of a male and a female. In the first frame, the female is talking excitedly to the male – in the second, he has pushed her through the wall of t

  • 2006
    • December
      • Why doesn't she leave?
        12/08/06
        While reading Gavin De Becker’s book Gift of Fear I came across a section that helps people understand why someone being battered doesn’t leave. Here it is:

        “How could someone feel that being beaten does not justify leaving? Being struck and forced not to resist is a particularly dama

    • October
      • Vanessa Blogs on Media
        10/25/06
        I was just online doing some research on how women are portrayed in the media and I was stunned by what I found. Not only are there centerfolds of half naked young women all over the place but there are half naked young men all over the place too! By the way I was checking out mainstream magazines t

      • 550 Families Sheltered from Domestic Violence
        10/25/06
        Oh what a night!
        Women Are Safe, Inc. celebrated another Domestic Violence Awareness Month with our fifth annual Dinner to Remember. We had 58 guests, a fabulous meal, a song written just for the occasion, gave 3 awards, and heard from a child witness to dv who has been making a difference i

      • Mary Jo Blogs on DV and Children
        10/02/06
        So blogging is like venting or journaling - and has spell check on the computer stumped!
        I guess something I would really like to get out there about victims of domestic violence is that children who experience domestic violence in their home growing up become adults who have learned or not ye

    • August
      • A Whole New World
        08/10/06
        Okay - this blog thing is a whole new world for me. But I am a bit excited about it. You see, around the office here we have a lot of conversations about incidents in our world and how they relate to domestic violence (dv). The Mary Winkler case got us going. Of course the Peterson case was much

      • Our Blog
        08/10/06
        Welcome to our blog! We'll be adding our comments, thoughts, updates on issues related to domestic violence, and many other items on a semi-regular basis. Please check back with us often.