Resources for Women

This web site has information that will help you recognize abuse and find support, safety, and resources that can help you deal with it. Please read on. There is help and there is hope.

Domestic violence is a pattern of controlling behaviors that may include physical assaults, sexual assaults, emotional abuse, isolation, threats, stalking, and/or intimidation. These behaviors are used by one person in an intimate relationship to control the other. The partners may be married or engaged, heterosexual or homosexual, living together, separated or dating.

It's hard to believe that the person you love would hurt you. But you are not alone. About one out of every four women will experience abuse sometime in their lifetime. There are people who want to help. We hope this booklet can be a first step toward healing and safety.

Abuse can happen to anyone. Women of all backgrounds, races, and ages are affected. If you think you are being abused by your partner, please read on for examples of different types of abusive behaviors. You do NOT have to identify with all of them in order to be a victim of abuse.