Violence is a way of proveing that one exists, when one believes oneself to be insignificant...
---- Paul Tournier

When one is married instead of dateing

The Family Secret..
Some Believe Spousal Abuse Can Be Justified By The Scriptures

By Shelia Graham
It was meant to be.
That's what 18-year-old Maria was told when she married John.
Maria and John ( not their real names ) had grown up together.

Their families had known each other for years.
They attended the same church.

When a tearfull Maria told her mother that John had lost his temper and struck her,
her mother assured her that many young men were high- strung like that ,
and he would surely settle down after they were married.