WHAT'S GOING ON?

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=RPYqR1cj2Vg
"What's Going On" sung by a variety of artists

I like soul music. And Marvin Gaye was one of the best. But his life was not a good one. You can read about it http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/marvin_gaye/index.html
Marvin was killed by his own father the day before his birthday.

Abuse is learned. And Marvin learned. I wonder if there is a person who doesn't have someone in their family who has been abused. The National Domestic Abuse Hotline can be found at
http://www.ndvh.org/
If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224. Help is available to callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Get Educated

Abuse is a pattern of coercive control that one person exercises over another. Battering is a behavior that physically harms, arouses fear, prevents a partner from doing what they wish or forces them to behave in ways they do not want.

Battering includes the use of physical and sexual violence, threats and intimidation, emotional abuse and economic deprivation.

Abuse In America

• 4 million American women experience a serious assault by a partner during an average 12-month period.
  

• On the average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends every day.

• 92% of women say that reducing domestic violence and sexual assault should be at the top of any formal efforts taken on behalf of women today.

• 1 out of 3 women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.

• 1 in 5 female high school students reports being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner. Abused girls are significantly more likely to get involved in other risky behaviors. They are 4 to 6 times more likely to get pregnant and 8 to 9 times more likely to have tried to commit suicide.

• 1 in 3 teens report knowing a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, slapped, choked or physically hurt by his/her partner.

• Women of all races are equally vulnerable to violence by an intimate partner.

• 37% of all women who sought care in hospital emergency rooms for violence–related injuries were injured by a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend.

• Some estimates say almost 1 million incidents of violence occur against a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend per year.

• For 30% of women who experience abuse, the first incident occurs during pregnancy.

• As many as 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy.

http://www.letswrap.com/dvinfo/kids.htm
The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s
Marvin Gaye "What's Going On"

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.) (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and performer who gained international fame as an artist on the Motown record label in the 1960s and 1970s.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye