Domestic violence is the physical, emotional, or sexual abuse of a person in a romantic relationship toward another person, with the intent to control that person. There are several facts about the battery and there are several myths about it that are worth addressing.
Only women are abusers
Although about 95% of abused people are women, about 5% of them are men. Men don’t usually talk about it, but sometimes you’ll hear women talk about “hitting him over the head” in reference to what they did to him. Domestic violence against men does occur.
Alcohol and drugs are to blame
Often this crime can take place after the abuser has used alcohol and drugs, but these things are just the scapegoat. The abuser’s intention is to control the victim and will use all possible methods to achieve the victim’s goal, without being blamed.
it’s the victim’s fault
There is a lot of confusion among some as to whether or not the victim should be blamed, but it is never the victim’s fault.
Some believe that because the victim initially fights back, or stays in the relationship, she is looking for him, but this is not true. With that logic, it is the same as saying that because someone breaks into your house and you do not move from the neighborhood, you are looking for your house to be broken into again.
This violence has to do with the person inflicting the pain and not with the one being harmed. The victim should never be blamed.
Only poor women are abused
The idea that only poor women are abused is not real. Women batterers come from the economically rich, middle and poor class. Although you will find women at a certain income level more disadvantaged than others, don’t forget that the goal is to control that woman.