"Love Shouldn't Hurt"

Domestic Violence:

A pattern of repetitive acts of dominance and coercion ( i.e. threats and intimidation, social isolation, controlling behavior, economic and sleep deprivation, imprisonment; and physical, sexual, emotional, economic, verbal, and psychological abuse) to demonstrate power and control over the other person.

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  Beth Lowry
 
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    • 1 in every 3 women will experience domestic violence
      in her lifetime.
       
    • An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.

    • 85% of domestic violence victims are women.
       
    • Historically, females have been most often victimized by someone they knew.
       
    • Females who are 20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence.
       
    • Most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police.

"Well behaved women seldom make history."

 

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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 Beth is a survivor of domestic violence.  She is also the founder of a transitional living program for victims in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Coming Soon! 

Finding Me in Spite of Myself

a memoir

by

Beth Lowry

 

Copyright © 2010 by Beth Lowry

AWARDS & CREDENTIALS

 

2002        Recipient of the Sui Juris Award, Tennessee

                Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

 

2003        Recipient of the Edith Surgin Activist Award,

                National Organization for Victim Assistance

 

2003-06   National Advocate Credential of Domestic

                Violence Intervention Specialty  

About the Book: 

Beth's memoir is a magnetic true story about living with and escaping several abusive relationships.  The book portrays Beth's journey through adulthood, specifically the emotional and physical trauma she endured, and how she found the courage to tackle life's problems.

DID YOU KNOW?

 

T he cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services.17

 

Victims of intimate partner violence lost almost 8 million days of paid work because of the violence perpetrated against them by current or former husbands, boyfriends and dates. This loss is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time jobs and almost 5.6 million days of household productivity as a result of violence.17

 

There are 16,800 homicides and $2.2 million (medically treated) injuries due to intimate partner violence annually, which costs $37 billion.18

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