FBI Report: Violence Against Women in America
Excerpts from the report:
"Three to four million American women are beaten each year by their present
or former intimate partners. In fact, battery is the single greatest cause of
serious injury to women - more than auto accidents, rapes, and muggings
combined. Because domestic violence happens behind closed doors, many women who
are beaten by their husbands or dates suffer in silence, sometimes for years,
before seeking counseling or legal assistance."
"More than a million women are stalked in the United States every year.
According to the FBI, more than 90 percent of women who were killed by a
husband or boyfriend in 1991 were stalked beforehand."
"The FBI estimates that one rape is committed in this country every six
minutes. And because so many rapes go unreported, many officials believe the
true rate in the United States is at least twice this official rape count. The
1990 National Crime Survey estimates that of the known rapes, 58 percent were
committed by someone the victim knew, including a spouse or boyfriend, and 35
percent took place in the victim's own home."
Source: http://www.lwvnj.org/womensguide/violence.htm#domestic
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"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the
Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the
work of the Lord." - Adolf Hitler
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