It can happen to anyone

Domestic violence is abuse or aggression that occurs in a close relationship, a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another.

Partners may be dating, married, separated, heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, living together or not living together. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, shame, isolate, frighten, coerce, threaten, blame, or injure someone.

Statistics & Data

According to the CDC, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience physical violence by their intimate partner at some point during their lifetimes. About 1 in 3 women and nearly 1 in 6 men experience some form of sexual violence during their lifetimes.

19.3 million women and 5.1 million men in the United States have been stalked in their lifetime. 60.8% of female stalking victims and 43.5% men reported being stalked by a current or former intimate partner.

1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence.

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