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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor those who can only think in dollars
The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $8.3 billion per year.
On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been victims of [some form of] physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime.
1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men in the United States has been raped in their lifetime.
http://www.ncadv.org/learn/statistics
ProfessorGAC
(65,112 posts). . .and appreciate your finding these stats, not sure the tone of you title is appropriate. Seems like you're picking a fight instead of just providing information.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,481 posts)IMHO, information (public service announcements, billboards, etc) need to find a means to get attention. I chose the title with that in mind. Maybe it's confrontationally offensive but it should be plain from the message that fighting is the last thing on my mind.