Case File # 560924 Case: Domestic Violence Name: Serenai Debodthe Age: 25 Date of Birth: 1982 Date of Death: 2007 Address: 123 Your Neighborhood City: Your Town State: Your State Reality Call He says he's sorry and that it won't happen again. But you fear it will. Angry outbursts, hurtful words, sometimes a slap or a punch. You may start to doubt your own judgment, or wonder whether you're going crazy. Maybe you think you've imagined the whole thing. But you haven't. Domestic violence can and does happen to people of all ages, races, and socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. Domestic violence happens to men and to same-sex partners, but most often domestic violence involves men abusing their female partners. In fact, the Department of Health and Human Services estimates that as many as 4 million women suffer abuse from their husbands, ex-husbands, boyfriends or intimate partners in the United States each year. (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/domestic-violence/WO00044) 4 million. Odd enough they don't give the seconds of the day that this abuse occurs. They don't even give the deaths that are the result in many cases. 4 million. That is known cases. We as people can't begin to phantom those out there that are suffering this tradegy. We can surely point our fingers and accuse the victims. Victims are blamed in most cases as we as humans throw our judgements. Why don't you leave? Why don't you get help? Why don't you throw them out? Why don't you call the law? Let's take a closer look at these questions. These are victims not the offenders. Options may not be as easily had as some believe. Children, pregancy, no place to go, family that choose to ignore or reject the victim. Yes, there are those that suppose to see and don't or decide to be blind. Not every city has a shelter or concrete help. Then there is the victim. They begin to believe what they live, that they are to blame. They even begin to think this is how love is suppose to be. Shocking? It should be. America needs a reality to call on a lot of subjects. Next time you see this happening even if but in the news, remember this: You have never heard a child say: When I grow up I am going to be the victim of domestic violence.