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Answers to Quiz
| 1. MYTH FACT: As many as one-third of all high school and college-age young people experience violence in an intimate or dating relationship. (Levy, B., Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger, The Seal Press, Seattle, WA, 1990.) Physical abuse is as common among high school and college-age couples as married couples. (Jezel, Molidor, and Wright and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Teen Dating Violence Resource Manual, NCADV, Denver, CO, 1996.) |
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| 2. MYTH FACT: Domestic violence is the number one cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 - 44 in the U.S. -more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined. (Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1991.) Of the women murdered each year in the U.S., 30% are killed by their current or former husband or boyfriend. (Violence Against Women: Estimates from the Redesigned Survey, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, August 1995.) |
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| 3. FACT FACT: About 95% of know victims of relationship violence are females abused by their male partners. (Straus, M.A., and Gelles, R.J. (eds), Physical Violence in American Families, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ. 1990.) |
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| 4. FACT FACT: 50% of men who frequently abuse their wives also frequently abuse their children. (Stacy, W. and Schupe, A., The Family Secret, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1983.) A child who lives in a family where there is violence between parents is 15 times more likely to be abused. (L. Bergman, "Dating violence among high school students," Social Work 37 (1), 1992.) |
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| 5. MYTH FACT: Nearly 80% of girls who have been physically abused in their intimate relationships continue to date their abuser after the onset of violence. (Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1991.) |
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| 6. MYTH FACT: People who abuse are usually not out of control. they do it to gain power and control over the other person. They often use a series of tactics besides violence including threats, intimidation, psychological abuse and isolation to control their partners. (Straus, M.A., Gelles R.J. & Steinmetz, S., Behind Closed Doors, Anchor Books, NY, 1980.) |
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| 7. FACT FACT: Men who have witnessed violence between parents are three times more likely to abuse their own wives and children than children of non-violent parents. The sons of the most violent parents are 1000 times more likely to become batterers. (Barbara Hart, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1988.) |
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| 8. MYTH FACT: There are many very complicated reasons why it's difficult for a person to leave an abusive partner. One very common reason is fear - women who leave abusers are at a 75% greater chance of being killed by the abuser than those who stay. (U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey, 1995.) |
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| 9. MYTH FACT: About 80% of rapes and sexual assaults are committed by a partner, friend or acquaintance of the victim. (U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey, 1995.) |
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| 10. FACT FACT: Pregnant women are especially at risk for abuse. It is estimated that more than one-third of pregnant women are abused. (Berry, Dawn Bradley, The Domestic Violence Sourcebook, Lowell House, Los Angeles, 1996.) It is common for physical abuse to begin or escalate during pregnancy. |
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| 11. MYTH FACT: Women of all races are equally likely to be abused by a partner. (U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violence by Intimates, March 1998.) |
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| 12. FACT FACT: Most people who are abused blame themselves for causing the violence. (Barnett, Martinex, Keyson, "The relationship between violence, social support, and self-blame n battered women," Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1996) However, the fact is that NO ONE is ever to blame for another person's violence - violence is always a choice, and the responsibility is 100% with the person who is violent. |
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