This Healthy Relationships presentation goes into some causes of domestic violence, and how society can take action to solve this epidemic.

2. The United States Department of Justice defines
domestic violence as a PATTERN of abusive
behavior in ANY relationship that is used by one
partner to gain or maintain POWER and
CONTROL over another intimate partner.
Source:
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/domviolence.htm

3. I AM THE SYSTEM.

4.  Domestic violence (within a household) is a PATTERN of abusive behavior in
ANY relationship.
 Domestic Violence in its highest form originates and is found within
households nation-wide when we choose to partner with our BFF called,
"Television."
 Television is televised programming occurring through various media outlets
spanning over countries and continents worldwide. Television is not
limited to a TV screen. All that is needed is a PLATFORM.

5. Relationship
 Connection or association between TWO or more concepts
(ideas), objects or people.

6.  Domestic Violence finds its root in the ground of rejection. Rejection:
“She/He or They don’t receive me or something I said or
something I did.” – I’ve been deprived of UNCONDITIONAL
love.
We don’t base love upon performance.
 We cannot afford to base our love for one another merely off of what we do for
each other. Our love for each other must be based upon the type of personality
we reflect to one another.
 Identity: Who you are is not based upon people doing what you say nor it is
bases upon fitting in with a crowd of unIDentified objects (people, places or
things).

7. Behavior originates from culture.
From the list below rank each item from 1 to 7 (1 being most influential in our culture , 7
being least influential with our culture).
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Family (home)
Friends
Workplace (physical)
Television
Radio
Internet
Books

8. Why Did I Get Married?

9.  We have been de-sensitized to domestic violence due to society conforming to
mediocrity. This is not PEACE.
What makes us feel good
(in laughter) is sometimes
an injury suffered by the
body (community).

10.  What is Abusive Behavior?
 Where do these patterns of abusive behavior originate from?
 ABUSE – Diverts from the original purpose of concepts (ideas),
objects or people causing injury or BODILY harm.
 Patterns of abusive behavior originate from our family situation in
addition to our daily intake.

11.  The environment (home life) we set for our children must compliment the
purpose that has been placed on the inside of them. Often times when home
life (the environment) is chaotic, our children look to find peace in
externals associates (music, movies, television, sex, internet, drugs, etc...
etc...).
 As we know peace is found (or discovered) within, but our children may
not be aware of this truth if the parents are not demonstrating this truth in
action. When the parents are not walking in demonstration of peace, the
children will latch on to what we call their step-parents (music, movies,
television, sex, internet, drugs, etc... etc...) and find their "peace" with
their external associates.