Weakness Versus News Today

A church community where people dont get divorced, they work on their marriage. it is shameful to have to admit you find yourself in that situation and it keeps so many people to be victims, afraid they wont be believed and afraid people will think less of them for having been in that situation. >> jenny, i want to go back to one word you used there, which is the word weak. which is an image people might have of people who stay. thats why i find your explanation for staying as long as you did so...

And then the shame builds. and to tell someone youre in the situation when its not something talked about openly, when there are myths and misconceptions about what an abusive situation looks like, its shameful to have to say thats me, im in one. when youre educated, when you come from a family of upstanding harvard graduates when youre in a church community where people dont get divorced, they work on their marriage. it is shameful to have to admit you find yourself in that situation and it kee...