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	The battered woman syndrome affects only a small percentage of the population
	Battered women are masochistic
	Battered women are crazy
	Minority-group women are battered more frequently than Anglos
	Religious beliefs will prevent battering
	Batterers are violent in all their relationships
	Batterers are unsuccessful and lack resources to cope with the world
	Drinking causes battering behavior
	Batterers have psychopathic personalities
	The batterer is not a loving partner
	A wife batterer also beats his children
	Once a batterer, always a batterer
	Battered women deserve to get beaten
	Battered women can always leave home
	Batterers will cease their violence "when we get married"
	Children need their father even if he is violent or, "I'm only staying for the sake of the children"
	Middle-class women do not get battered as frequently or as violently as do working-class women
	Battered women are uneducated and have few job skills

Source: Walker, Lenore E. The Battered Woman. New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Perry A. (Beitial) originator of shelter concept

24-Hour Crisis Line:	1-800-650-6522 (AL) or 334-263-0218 (collect calls accepted)
Mailing Address:	P.O. Box 5160, Montgomery, AL 36103

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