October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
After taking a sabbatical from blogging, we’re back! With October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we will focus on this topic. We have posted 3 previous blogs providing warning signs potential abusers display: (1) an unhealthy need for control and (2) a tendency toward jealous behavior and (3) attempts at social isolation. If you haven’t read those, please do because they contain some valuable information. If you know the warning signs, it’s far easier and safer to predict and avoid an abusive relationship than it is to escape one.
The Texas Council on Family Violence recently released its 2008 statistics on family violence murders in Texas. In 2008, 136 women were killed due to acts of domestic violence. If you consider the children, parents, siblings, extended family members, co-workers and friends of these murder victims, then the number of people impacted reaches the thousands. To read more statistics on the 136 domestic violence homicides in 2008, visit this link:
http://www.tcfv.org/pdf/dvam2009/women%20killed%20statistics%20page.pdf
Blogs this month will include the following topics:
- Internet Safety
- How to help an abused loved one
- Warning signs for lethal violence
- Emotional Abuse
- Making the Escape
- Protective Orders
- Impact of DV on Children
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