I may expand this later, or I may not. It all depends on how I feel.
After spending a good part of the day in a courtroom dealing with domestic violence cases, what I can say is, the cycle of domestic violence will continue until women, and men, are willing to stand up and let the process run its course. By this I mean, showing up for court and when they do, not dropping the charges.
"Baby. I'm sorry. We can be a family" works.
And when the women, and men, do follow through, today's court system isn't about getting a dangerous person off of the street, the court system is about "resolving" these cases as efficiently, to the court, as possible, let the woman or man filing the charges be damned.
Yes, I did see abused men.
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