physical abuse

Philippines
October 19, 2010 8:31am CST
if your partner is physically abusing you, do you still want to stay in that relationship? do you still call it love? why can't most women leave their husbands who are beating them? i believe love should be built with trust and respect. if your partner beats you, where is respect there?
2 responses
• Philippines
19 Oct 10
i never experienced beating at home by my parents and suddenly here comes someone who beats me for inadequate reasons. you can just yell or scream at me but not to the extent of beating me. it is so pathetic that some women allow this to happen maybe theyre scared to be left alone by their partners or theyre thinking they cant raise their kids alone and shes dependent on her husband.
• Philippines
19 Oct 10
hello cyrri_ako! there is no respect when there is beating, that's for sure. your question is, why women don't leave their partners or husbands even if they are beat up? well, you have to know the psychological make-up of the involved woman. most of these women are so in love with the idea of love with their husbands that they still believe everything will change for the better if they will only continue to love their partner a little more, a little longer, despite the beatings. Some also have nowhere else to go, are financially and emotionally dependent on their partner that's why they remain in the relationship. These kind of women have low self-esteem who thinks that they would not find anyone else who will love and care for them, except their present partner and they always make excuses for their partners' behavior, citing sometimes that it is their (woman) own fault that's why they are beaten. However, every sane and self-confident woman knows that she does not have to live with this kind of treatment. She knows that she has a right, she deserves respect and if that will be denied her, she has the right to leave for her own protection and to keep her sanity intact.