The statistics are staggering: 1 in 3 women are being abused and every NINE seconds a woman is assaulted. These are GLOBAL statistics (from the United Nations Report).

I don't have statistics on incest or rape; they have been with us since the beginning of time, also......

I survived a childhood of abuse and poverty.....in order to make a difference. I have been working so hard for so long......It is one of my passions to the message out there.

As the moderator of an abused survivors' group, I read the same, sad stories every day.

I've written a 25 page paper entitled: Society's Hidden Epidemic: Verbal Abuse: Precursor to Physical Violence and a Form of Biochemical Assault....may try to get it published.

One thing for sure. I will never....quit speaking up....and out....my goal is national tv.