Few Women in Abuse Shelters are True Victims of Violence

Few Women in Abuse Shelters are True Victims of Violence

Lachrymose tales of battered women abound when representatives of abuse shelters come calling, hat in hand, for taxpayer money. But what is the truth of the matter — are abuse shelters really brimming with hapless victims trying to break free of the cycle of violence?

The answer to that question is a surprising “No.” In the great majority of cases, women at abuse shelters have suffered no physical injury or harm.
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Somehow these reports don’t mesh with the abuse industry’s well-cultivated image of legions of bruised, beaten, and bloodied souls tending to their wounds.

Note: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month!!!!