GET AWAY . Iowa has laws to help protect women who are battered. Photographs of your injuries and medical records can aid in helping you get legal protection. In the United States a woman is battered every 9 seconds . Battering is the single greatest cause of injury to women, exceeding rapes, muggings, and car accidents.
Fear is one of the most overwhelming reasons.
She was battered as a child or her parents abused each other, therefore, she has a higher tolerance for abuse. She feels helpless. She thinks single women are less desirable citizens. She believes that she is responsible for his behavior and reasons that she must find a way to change her behavior in order to alter his. He may exert pressure by threatening to fight back legally if she takes any action against him.