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Domestic Violence is one person´s systematic use of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse in order to have power and control over someone else. It is also referred to as abuse, assault, verbal abuse, intimate partner violence, "family" violence, wife battering, and spousal abuse. Domestic violence can happen to anyone, regardless of race, age, social status, educational level, or gender (sex). Domestic violence is caused by the abuser´s feeling that he has a right to control someone else, not by anything the victim does. The abuser makes a choice to be violent. Most acts of domestic violence (more than 95%) are committed by men against their female partners. Domestic violence can also occur in same-sex relationships. Studies show that the majority of women who abuse male partners have been previously abused by these male partners and are now using violence in an effort to get them to stop. The next largest group of female batterers were women who had been abused by some other male partner in their past and now wanted to insure that no one would ever physically harm them again. The smallest group of female batterers were those who battered for the same reason males batter - in order to gain power and control over their partner. (reference Jeffrey Edleson, Ph.D.) According to "Intimate Partner Violence in Oregon," a report released in April of 2004 by the Oregon Department of Public Health, "Women´s risk of intimate partner violence is three times higher than men's risk. . . women are 7 to 14 times more likely to be seriously injured or killed [and] the rate of intimate partner homicide is four times higher for Oregon women than for Oregon men. The magnitude of this problem far exceeds many other threats to the health and quality of life of Oregon women." The report outlines the impact of domestic violence on women Source:http://cardv.org/aboutdv.php