LOVE NOT VIOLENCE
Domestic violence/abuse is the physical, emotional, sexual and psychological abuse, performed against another. When you are abused, can you still hope to have a good relationship? This question is not easy to answer. Imagine stirring in a pot, love, respect and value with violent threats, punches, slaps, disrespectful names. When you stir those things together, it is like stirring poison into an appetizing meal. Even if the ingredients are healthy to begin with, once poison is added, the meal cannot be eaten.
Domestic violence/abuse can never be part of a good relationship. When fear, cruelty and intimidation are present in a relationship, can you really call that LOVE?
To begin with, what is Love? Love is Giving because what we give grows inside of us, just as flowers drop so that fruits can grow. Love just like flowers, are the most sublime jewels God gives us. Love is not pain nor violence. Love is to be enjoyed not endured.
The victims of this " Unreported Epidermic" are mostly women, but men are also victims. However, when it comes to serious physical abuse, women are still overwhelmingly on the receiving end. Have you asked yourself, the reasons women find it harder to leave a battering relationship? Well, I have answers to that.
Women have fewer options in their search for a marital partner. Women on average, have a lower income level than men. Women are reluctant to call the police because they see injustice there. And these unfortunate events, have made women resort to "homicide" as an answer to the violence and battering they encounter.
Domestic and sexual violence is a vicious malady that the world, most especially, Africa must confront, reduce and eliminate from our lives. Love is not supposed to hurt, if it does, then you are not in a good relationship. If anything seems off, don't be afraid to question it(Erica Jefferson).
An Ancient Chinese Proverb says that "a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step". I am taking the first step by creating an awareness that domestic violence is a hard reality and no laughing matter for women.
Women, you maybe bent but not broken my your ordeals, so speak up now.
Remember,#Love Not Violence