Why Women Stay

Fairly interesting post on why women stay with men after being victims of physical or emotional abuse.

One thought on physical abuse - and forgive me if I'm being a total idiot - but in terms of trying to explain why someone would stay in such an obviously dumb situation...

I think people who have experience with violence have a much different attitude towards it than folks who don't. To those who don't - myself included - violence seems to be the worst thing that can possibly happen. We think of a woman being beaten as the end-all worst case scenario for a relationship. A fight is the absolute last resort behavior to protect ourselves, etc.

But to those who fight or where violence has been a somewhat regular part of their lives, I imagine see it as being less of big deal. In that respect, it isn't much different from most things...people who speak in public for a living probably don't find it terrifying at all...yet many list this as their number one fear.