A woman often remains a victim of intimate partner violence because

There are several different thoughts on why women stay with abusers.

**They do not have a family support structure they can go to.

**They psychologically believe they can't make it on there own

**Fear paralyzes them

**Thought processes are faulty

**They don't want to be judged a failure.

**They blame themselves, "I caused this."

**Things will change.