Currently there are 2,000 to 4,000 battered women in America serving prison time for defending their lives against their batterers (Talvi inthesetimes.com). ... Ever three minutes a woman is raped, every fifteen seconds a woman is battered and every six hours a woman is battered to death. More women seek medical attention for harm inflicted by a spouse than for injuries caused by auto accidents, rapes, and muggings combined (cyber.law.Harvard.edu). ... Sexual abuse consists of unwanted touching, withholding or demanding sex, forcing sex, martial rape, or insisting on anything sexual that frigh...

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n 25% of female runaways had been raped. ... The female has either been raped or there is something wrong with their home life. ... In one of his scenarios he explained that a teenage girl ran away from home, became pregnant and then was caught and locked up. " The girl had her baby in prison and did not runaway again. ... Later that month, her parents get the shocking news that their runaway daughter has been raped and murdered." ... Find out if the person was raped or if there is illegal use of narcotics in the home or if the person is abusing the substance. ...

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