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The number of battered women is rising and becoming more known than it was years ago. Today, there is help available for women and children who need it. Looking in your local telephone directory under Social and Human Service Organizations, or calling your local police department will give you numbers 
for many helpful services like shelters, food banks, housing, and children's services as well. Here are some signs of abuse...
1. Does you partner physically strike at you or your children?
2. Does he/she threaten you or your children? Threatening to bring harm to your animal or personal belongings is a form of abuse as well.
3. Does he/she control who you can talk to, where you can go, or what you can where?
4. Does he/she control all the money?
5. Name calling and cursing are also forms of abuse.
6. Does he/she try to keep you from seeing family and friends?
7. Does he/she force you to be intimate even if you don't want to? Rape is still rape whether you are married, dating or strangers.
8. Does he/she try to control how much you or your children eat?
9. Is he/she overly jealous of everyone and everything? ie. computer, children, friends, family
10. Alcohol and drugs are can be forms of abuse if he/she uses them cronically, and becomes violent or abusive.
A lot of women, don't believe there is a way out. Stop. Think about yourself for a moment... Can you see how much you're worth? Self-esteem is a key factor in many abuse cases. A lot of people don't think they have a choice... but they do. No one can make the decision for you. You have to believe you're worth more and that you want more. The organizations are out there to help. Pick up the phone, if only to inquire. There are also crisis lines that you can call if you just need to talk to someone, and you can remain completely anonymous. You deserve better.
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