You don't have to suffer in silence. You don't have to be trapped. Here are some statements that a lot of people believe. Victims bring on abuse themselves. They ask for it.
Abusers believe they have the right to use abuse to control their victims.
They see the victim as less than an equal. If someone stays in an abusive relationship, it must not be so bad. Men are battered by women just as often as women are battered by men. 95 percent of the reported incidents of assault in relationships are committed by males, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice. Most batterers are crazy or uneducated.