Myths and stereotypes surrounding Domestic Abuse

• "It was a one-off, he is really sorry and it won't happen again"
  
• "Women get enjoyment, pleasure or satisfaction from their experience of domestic abuse"
  
• "Men are violent towards their partners because of unemployment, drugs, alcohol, childhood experiences, etc."
  
• "Women choose these types of men"
  
• "It's not violence, they just fight"
  
• "We shouldn't interfere, it's a private matter"
  
• "Violent men just can't control themselves, they must be mentally ill"
  
• "It's just the odd domestic tiff, everybody has arguments"
  
• "She must get something out of it, or else she would leave"
  
• "She must ask for it, provoke it in some way"
  
• "She's not really being abused; she just wants to be re-housed."
  
• "Domestic abuse only happens in certain communities, working class, Black, Asian, or council states, etc"
  
• "Violent men must come from violent homes"