A Tribute to Womanhood

Welcome to "I Am Woman"...a tribute to all those women who had the courage and perseverance to stand up and fight for their rights. Thanks to those who came before us we enjoy a freedom unknown to women not too long ago. But, sadly, in many parts of the world, women continue to be repressed. In fact, even in this country there are women living today under the threat of violence...completely controlled by a violent spouse. Some may make it; others won't. Hopefully, one day ALL women will be free. May that day come soon.

7/13/2011

Teen Age Violence

“Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend, and approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.”

– Dianne Feinstein--

One in four teens said they have been exposed to verbal, physical or sexual assault each year.

95% of the time, it is the boyfriend that abuses the girlfriend.

80% of girls who have been physically abused in their intimate relationships continue to see their abuser.


50% of you reporting both dating violence and rape also reported attempting suicide.


One in three women who are killed in the US are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.


25% of female homicide victims are between the ages of 14-24 years.


A rape occurs every 2 minutes in the United States and 44% of victims are under the age of eighteen!



1 comment:

  1. And after working with teens I know that the culture in which they live deceives them by saying it's okay to be mistreated by a boyfriend. It is so sad and scary.

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