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It's a woman thing.... days as dark as nights.....domestic violence - re-run from 2015

This article was written in 2015 & is being re-released by Weaving House in a world where not much has changed. - It's a Woman thing.... days as dark as nights.....domestic violence  by Amy Pearl   What cost domestic violence? The days are dark as nights. Sexual and family violence in New Zealand, as estimated by the Ministry for Women , comes in at a combined 6.5 billion dollars per year.   Each of us would need to pay   $1415 to cover the financial cost of these two specific forms of violence. Women’s Refuge supports a higher figure of 8 billion dollars per year for domestic violence alone. Most forms of violence are due to friction between opposing groups over resources and ultimately, to control and dominate another or many.   Women fall into both categories and the power relations between women and men are the most fundamental of all social division. Gendered violence produces itself from structural inequality and inorganic gender roles and remains a pern