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If You Believe Any Of These,

Youre Wrong...

Twenty Myths*

1. The battered woman syndrome affects only a small percentage of the population. 2. Battered women are masochistic. 3. Battered women are mentally ill. 4. Middle-class women do not get battered as frequently or as violently as do poorer women. 5. Minority-group women are battered more frequently than are anglos. 6. Religious beliefs will prevent battering. 7. Battered women are uneducated and have few job skills. b. Batterers are violent in all their relationships. 9. Batterers are unsuccessful and lack resources to cope with the w*orld. 10. Drinking causes battering behavior. 11. Batterers are psychopathic personalities. 12. Police can protect the battered woman. 13. The batterer is not a loving partner. 14. A wife batterer also beats the children. 15. Once a battered woman, always a battered woman. 16. Once a batterer, always a batterer. 17. Long-standing battering relationships can change for the better. 1K Battered women deserve to get beaten. 19. Battered women can always leave home. 20. Batterers will cease their violent behavior after marriage. *Walker, Lenore E.; The Battered Woman; New York; Harper and Row*; 1979.

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