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Domestic Violence Did you know a woman is beaten every 15 seconds? Women of all cultures, races, occupations, income levels, and ages, are battered by husbands, boyfriends, lovers and partners. Domestic violence is not just a crime committed against women, it attacks men too. Domestic violence does not discriminate. Even though men may be victims of domestic violence it is less common than in women. According to Websters dictionary, domestic violence is a use of physical force so as to damage or injure those belonging to a house or home. The abusers in domestic violence have a learned pattern of abuse. Either they were abused themselves or they watched someone close to them be abused. The question that needs to be answered is why does society allow this to happen? Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of fifteen and forty-four in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. There are several myths about domestic violence. People tend to think because of their class or status that they cannot be victims of domestic violence. That is not true, domestic violence does not just occur in poor, urban areas. Domestic violence happ