[bestmickey]

Of course it happens here too. Read the full article.
If ever there was a reason for a woman to have a gun, this is it!
Another reason to watch out for your neighbors. If the victim won't call the police, do it for her if you hear abuse happening next door.

http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/...9904c850a.html

[jblum315]

These houses are mostly so soundproof I doubt you could hear abuse in your own garage.

[Parker]

This is an excellent subject for this site. How many women suffering abuse will stumble onto this post? How many friends and neighbors will pay attention to random bruises and hyper-meekness next to a hovering gruff assertiveness? Great post!

[senior citizen]

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[2BNTV]

It's a terrible thing to live in fear. No one should feel, they have the right to put their hands on another person, whether it is a man, and or woman.

I really don't understand one's need to do this of thing, but my is, guess it's the ultimate control factor. No one should have to live this way.

I feel sorry for the woman,who don't feel they have the strength to deal with this, and congrats to the woman, who do deal with it, in an active manner.

Shame on this seudo men, who feel this is the correct way to love another person. What a messed up life, they are leading.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Parker

This is an excellent subject for this site. How many women suffering abuse will stumble onto this post? How many friends and neighbors will pay attention to random bruises and hyper-meekness next to a hovering gruff assertiveness? Great post!

Once, a neighbor often had black eyes and bruises and for awhile I thought that was what it was. But she suffers from alcoholism and other pill dependency and would pass out cold and hurt herself.


Both are so awful. You don't know what to think or to do to help.


I admit I am skeptical about the figure of a round 3000 women from The Villages suffering from domestic abuse in the last five years. Do you suppose they meant 300 and it was a typo. I know someone who probably knows who was in social work and I hope she chimes in.

[Golfingnut]

Physical abuse is no less serious than rape. Just the thought of it sickens me.

[tucson]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

It's a terrible thing to live in fear. No one should feel, they have the right to put their hands on another person, whether it is a man, and or woman.

I really don't understand one's need to do this of thing, but my is, guess it's the ultimate control factor. No one should have to live this way.

I feel sorry for the woman,who don't feel they have the strength to deal with this, and congrats to the woman, who do deal with it, in an active manner.

Shame on this seudo men, who feel this is the correct way to love another person. What a messed up life, they are leading.

Most of the time the abuse stems from alcohol and/or drug abuse by the offender. a lot of ppl have the incorrect idea that the cause of spousal and child abuse is because of a warped control issue. I disagree, it's mostly caused by the altering of moods in a person b/c of their addictive dependency of those drugs/alcohol which then causes outbursts of violent and physical /mental/verbal abuses in the families.

[graciegirl]

boy howdy.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by donb9006

Women "abuse" more than men do. Only it's not physical. And the men stay for fear of losing half of everything they've worked hard for. Women have more psychological problems than men do.

In many cases within the last several years of which I am aware men have lost substantially more than half of what they have worked for. Divorce courts these days tend to be on the misandristic side.

Back when I was a "youngster" working for the federal government in D.C. in the mid sixties a fellow I worked with tried one of the first computer dating services. This guy was thin and lightly built and not a "physical" male. Anyway, he met some women on the service and after a period of time he started showing up to work a little bruised here and there, then a black eye and finally a broken arm. His office mate turned the situation into the police because this fellow was too afraid of the woman to get out of it. She was arrested and he was finally free of her. It does go the other way as well.

According to a recent University of Florida study among college age folks, women abuse men more than the other way round. http://divorcesupport.about.com/od/a...male_abuse.htm

[Parker]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

boy howdy.

Should have been in caps.

[marianne237]

The Haven, a place for abused MEN and women here in Sumter/Lake county area, does get people to stay there who do come from TV. If you belong to a club and look for a speaker, try and get someone from Haven to talk. Interesting/sad/informative.

[DianeM]

Abuse by anyone to anyone is wrong. One if the first things we learn as children is to 'keep your hands to yourself'. There is no good reason to ever hurt another person or living thing. There is also never a good reason to take abuse from someone either.

[Golfingnut]

If a woman marries a man at that moment she deserves half. If she bears a child by him, she should get everything unless it is proven 100% that she was 100% to blame for the breakup. If there is any doubt at all she should get everything.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

boy howdy.

there you go,abusing us again....couldn't have been GIRL howdy, huh?