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Myths about the women

Women who are abused must be crazy or neurotic

This misconception focuses blame on the woman and what could be wrong with her to make her stay in a violent relationship. Studies have shown that women in violent relationships are no more psychologically disturbed than other women.

What we may label as 'crazy' or 'disturbed' behaviour are often tactics adopted by abused women in an attempt to survive in a very difficult, intolerable and possibly life-threatening situation.

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