Lack of child support 9. Difficulty for women with children to get work. Lack of affordable child care. Threats of taking or getting custody of the children if she leaves. This threat is very real.
Findings report three major factors influencing actions of abused women.
The less severe and less frequent the violence, the more a wife remains with her partner, often to keep the family together for the sake of the children. When the violence is toward her children, she is more likely to leave. Evidence shows that violence passes from generation to generation. Boys who witness the abuse of their mothers are more likely as adults to abuse their partner. Girls learn that society accepts violence against women.