Approximately ninety-five percent of the victims of domestic violence are women. Domestic violence can involve pushing, punching, slapping, choking, stabbing, forcing sexual activity, or using the threat of violence to control another's behavior. It can lead to serious injury or death. Typically, the first response to domestic violence is to ask why women stay in abusive relationships.
Many women do leave their abuser.
Other women endure the violence for a variety of reasons. Because of religious, cultural, or socially learned beliefs, a woman may feel that it's her duty to keep the marriage together at all costs. Some women will endure physical and emotional abuse to keep the family together for the children's sake. Very often, it is when the violence is directed at her children that she will take them and leave. Her husband or partner may not always be abusive and may show remorse at his violent behavior, promising that he will change.