Truths...

1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.

Each year approximately 3.3 million children witness their mothers or
female caretakers being abused.

An average of 28% of high school and college students experience
dating violence at some point.

26% of pregnant teens reported being physically abused by their
boyfriends, about half of them said the battering began or intensified
after he learned of her pregnancy.

57% of homeless families identified domestic violence as a primary cause
of homelessness.

While same-sex battering mirrors heterosexual battering, both in type
and prevalence, its victims receive fewer protections. 7 states define “dv”
in a way that excludes same sex victims.

Black youth are over represented as victims of teen dating violence.

Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own
partners and children when they become adults.

Nearly 7.8 million womyn have been raped by an intimate partner at
some point in their lives.

81% of womyn stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also
physically assaulted by said partner; 31% are also sexually assault by
said partner.

74% of abused womyn are harassed while at work.

Homicide by a partner is the leading cause of death for womyn in the
work place.

5.3 million womyn are abused each year.

Over 500,000 womyn are stalked by an intimate partner each year.

In Chicago more than 1 in 10 girls reported that a boyfriend or girlfriend
had hit, slapped or physically hurt them on purpose in the previous year,
with Black girls reporting the highest rates of dating violence.

Generally, the leading cause of death for Black womyn is breast cancer
and heart disease. But domestic violence homicide, womyn being killed,
is the leading cause of death for African American women Ages 15-45.