According to the Department of Justice, 22 percent of murders involved family members. According to Asians Against Domestic Abuse, 70 percent of men who sexually or physically abuse their wives also abuse their children, and up to 37 percent of women experience battering. This advocacy group explains that the number of women killed due to domestic violence in a five-year period equals the number of Americans killed in the Vietnam war. You may want to review these statistics once more, because most folks just don’t want to believe them.

Recent U.S. statistics indicate a woman is battered every 15 seconds. Battery is the largest cause of injuries to women in the U.S., with between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 women beaten in their own homes annually. Daily, four women in the U.S. are murdered by their husbands, or those who take on what is considered traditionally to be the role of a husband.

About 35 to 40 percent of pregnant women are abused, some to the point of death. In the time it took for you to access the Internet, how many U.S. women do you think were abused? Ninety-five percent of the time, the abusers are men; which means there are a number of men being abused by women, although relatively fewer than women being abused by men.

Domestic violence transcends all races, socioeconomic groups, religions, and ages. Ministers, lawyers, police, and retired people are abused, and are abusing others, as odd as that may seem. There are men living in luxurious retirement communities who are abused regularly by their wives. Don’t think of stereotypes of uneducated, alcoholic folks on the other side of the tracks.

Contact William C. Cremins or call 1-855-235-8924 for help and answers about domestic abuse and Orders of Protection.