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Domestic violence puts other generation of women at risk because
children who see women being battered believe that this practice is normal.
Children that are being abused and are exposed to violence between their
parents are at a greater risk factor of continuing the cycle of abuse. Boys
who witness domestic violence are 2 times more likely to batter women when
they become adults. More than 3 million children witness domestic violence
in their home every year, and 4 million that’s the number of women who will
be battered this year. Why are women battered so often? It tends to be a
combination of control, narcissism, and being out of control. Most women are
battered because the other person is out of control from drugs, alcohol, or
even depression. Women especially young women are seen to be safe targets
they’re not going to fight back as often and if they do, they simply cannot
cause as much damage to the perpetrator. Women of any age are frequently
battered. |
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Severity. Of 18.3% of women who have survived rape or
attempted rape 12.3% were younger than age 12 when they were first
raped. Almost half of all women who have survived a reattempt in the
US had the incident occur before their 18th birthday.
. Girls in the 16-19 age demographic are 4 times
more likely than the general population to be victims of rape
attempted rape or sexual assault.
. The FBI estimates that only 46% of rapes and
sexual assault are reported to the police and that less than half of
all domestic violence incidents are reported to the police. .Battered women are 4 times more likely to
contemplate suicide, but 26 times more likely to abuse drugs.
. Up to 43% of lesbian and bisexual women have
experienced partner violence indicating that this issue is not just
between husband and wife or male and female relationships.
There is simply no excuse for this. Whether it is
a lack of having coping skills there are environmental factors in
play or a combo of both, people who think its fine to batter women
need to be stopped. By providing women with the necessarily
resources, educational material, and encouragement to leave harmful
relationships, and maybe can get some of these awful statistics
decreased. The last reported cases of child abuse in the USA
677,529. One year and younger 149,828, two to five years old
165,016, six to nine 143,389. 411,969 victims 60.8% are neglected,
72,814 victims 10.7% are physically abused, 47,124 victims 7% are
sexually abused, almost 5 children die every day from abuse and
neglect. Annual estimate 1770 children die each year. 70.6% of all
child fatalities were younger than 3 years old. 46.6% of children
who die from child abuse are under the age of 1 year old. |
Vision
Here at the Ray of Hope USA we are seeking to help as
many battered and abused women and children and the homeless across the
USA and the world. Our main goal objective is to assist the millions of
women and children that are physically abused, sexually abused,
psychologically maltreated and neglected throughout the USA and the
world. We are seeking also to provide food, clothing, shelter, and to
raise awareness about domestic violence, and sexual abuse, and the
lingering effects that it has on the victims. Were also seeking to
increase economic opportunities to promote women’s financial
independence, when women are battered, we all suffer as a society.
The
staff members here at Ray of Hope USA foundation have multiple decades
of experience of assisting battered women and the homeless. Ray of Hope
USA foundation 501c3 not for profit organization which allows
contributors to receive the highest tax deduction available by law
according to one’s yearly income.
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