Bend Me, Shape Me, Any Way You Want Me......NOT

Domestic Violence are two words that are incompatable with each other, contradictions of each other, and should not be paired together in our language. Sort of like Gay Republican. I didn't even know of it's existance in our society until I was 15 years old when I overheard my mother listening to a neighbor telling her of the unsettling occurances between the couple next door. This kind of behavior did not exist in my family, therefore making it a non-issue. I have never taken the simplistic view on the issue, such as "Why doesn't she just leave?" or worse, "What did she do to provoke it?" The subject contains many layers, although I do believe that the woman should not be held legally accountable if she pulls out a gun and shoots the bastard. Fortunately there are more and more support half way houses for these women and munincipalities are taking a tougher stance on the issue. As members of the community we must say, "It stops here and it stops now."