Continuing on with JG*’s blogging vacation I am so pleased to have Jaclynn of Single Sisters Speak Out guest blogging on my site today. From her bio on SSSO: “I am incredibly smart. I am incredibly stupid. Without fail I will contradict myself.” I love that! Today’s blog she said tugged on her heart and she had to write about it and I’m glad that she did. So please, check out what she has to say, follow her on Twitter, and be sure to stop by Single Sisters Speak Out.

You know that October is National Domestic Violence Month, so please take a second to read below and think of someone that might need help.

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Everyone is talking about it.  It has nothing to do with Lil Mama or Kanye either.  It has to do with our mothers, our sisters, our daughter, nieces and cousins.  A couple of months ago while in my car Michael Baisden had a show about it.  He had many callers talking about a subject that I really didn’t think plagued us so much.  One woman detailed how she went to her sister’s house to find her sister dead…at the hands of her live in boyfriend.  I could not believe it.  It is appalling to me that women are having to endure the humiliations that I’m hearing.

I know that popular media also brings attention to these important matters…This is why no matter how asinine or ridiculous some of us think the Real Housewives of Atlanta are, I think it is amazing that Nene Leakes and Lisa Wu Hartwell are aiming to draw attention to their abusive past relationships.  I also want to note that there are many different types of abuse.  It does not have to just be physical abuse.  If someone is calling you names or making you feel like less of a person then you have a cause to pause and seek help.

There are a few things, we all need to be mindful of…the first thing I want to say with certainty is if you or someone you know is being abused you do not have to do it alone.  You can get help and you are worth leaving and putting your life back together.  Nothing and no  one is worth your self esteem or self-worth.  Check out www.domesticviolence.org for assistance.

Not just women are abused.
Not just non-Blacks are abused.

Don’t stereotype or be afraid to see the signs.

Also, I want to note that the onset of shows like Snapped make it look as though women who are abused and kill their husbands make get off for the crime.  This is NOT true.  The battered wife defense isn’t as effective as it once used to be.  Ladies & gentlemen I implore you to use your resources.  You never know when you can save someone’s life.

For more information contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline.  http://www.ndvh.org/

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-Jaclynn

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