Chrissy
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Post by Chrissy on Sept 20, 2008 8:50:48 GMT -8
Except for the physical abuse and/or emotional humilation, the violent relationship, with all it's intensity best fits our culture's idea of how "real love" is expressed.
No woman in a stable, healthy relationship is ever wooed with the intensity that an abuser directs toward his partner in the courtship and honeymoon phases of the syndrome of violence.
One of the payoffs for the abused woman is that during the honeymoon phase, after the battering, she feels strong and powerful and it's control of her partner.
The need to control the batterer is usually the victim's strongest motive for being in the relationship.
If you are a battered woman, you are a relationship addict with a life threatening disease for which there is a program of recovery. [/center]
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