She says her attacker is still on the loose and has violated an emergency protective order eight times. She bears the countenance of a woman hounded. She has already changed her telephone number, and now she thinks she might move. I didn't do anything wrong. It's all about power and control.
Men do domestic violence because it works, because they can.
Five million women are battered by their husbands or boyfriends every year. That's a woman battered every nine seconds. We need to hold men accountable for what they're doing. Butler's view reflects a national revolution in thinking about violence against women. Some researchers say no study has ever shown any batterers' intervention program to be effective at all .