The figure is even higher when the violence was by a man the woman knows. This might be because alcohol unleashes feelings, fears, rage, and insecurities that some men, cut off from their feelings, cannot handle. Alcohol doesn't cause violence. Genes don't cause violence. Ultimately, it is the attempts by some men to dominate women, other men or groups of men, and adults' attempts to dominate children that are the reasons for most of the violence that surrounds us.
Violence is a way of asserting power, privilege, and control.
Wear a white ribbon during White Ribbon Week as a personal pledge never to commit, condone or remain silent about men's violence against women. Change will only happen if we each accept personal responsibility to make sure it happens. This means that as men who care about the women in our lives, we will take responsibility to help make sure women live in a country free from fear and violence. Wearing a white ribbon during White Ribbon Week is your personal pledge never to commit violence against women. It is a pledge not to remain silent.