Why Women Stay in Abusive Relationships???

Why do you or I stay in an abusive relationship?
That is hard to answer sometimes, depends what end of the Cycle of abuse you are at.
Scary to leave, what will he do to you? beat you, kill you,those are real questions you need to ask yourself and be ready with that answer so you can protect yourself and the kids.
How will you live, how about the kids
One Answer would be welfare or try to go to work depending where you are at with the kids.

Society has lots of questions and answers for Abused Women!
Female role is to be loving and nurturing
She should be barefoot and pregnant and do the laundry and cook, clean.
Men make all the decisions
Stand by your man no matter what may come your way.
Take the Good with the Bad.
Religion for some people
2 parent families are the best and a boy needs his Father
Women is blamed for the abuse " She shouldn't have pissed him off
If she was a better wife he would not hurt her
Should be easy to leave, Abusive men can be very loving at times that is how we get "hooked" back into the relationship over and over again for years.
Both men and women deny the violence!
Too hard to deal with all the hurt feelings
Women stick up for the Abuser " he never hit me with his fist, never leaves a mark, I am just scared to death all the time.
Makes excuses for him, Oh he just had a bad day.

LEAVING AN ABUSER
Leaving is not an event it is a process, YOUR PROCESS, that can take a long time or a little bit of time.

SOME FEELINGS WOMEN MAY HAVE ABOUT LEAVING
Push/Pull feelings about leaving
Love /Hate
You may be scared to be alone, but you will have peace
HOPE that he will change, this is very sad, cause he wouldn't cause everything is in his favour. Just think about it "Who has it the best in your relationship"
It sure isn't me!!
Fear - Encourages us to stay
Income for ourselves and children
Threatens to take the kids away from you
Threatens you, kids, your pets
Threatens suicide (His)
Physical violence to hurt or kill you
Never minimize these threats of death, be on guard, he may just do it
Abusers are smart, if you phone the police they are all calm and the nice guy to the police, tells them you are the crazy one. Say she is exaggerating, which is such a lie now isn't it. Scary Bastards heh