Say no to domestic violence

Domestic violence, is such a sensitive topic that I feel it is despicable for people to defend it. It has robbed so many people of their loved ones. When I mean domestic violence I am not even talking about attacks on women, I am talking about both male and female. In the media, we read about wives beaten to death and husband's stabbed and someone will sit down and be applauding? What are you even defending in all of this? I am very shocked. My beautiful cousin once suffered domestic violence, she was beaten numerously in front of her kids, even with weapons she will be beaten and locked in the house, until she heals and the beaten starts again. One day he beat her so much and she almost died, while he went to get a weapon her kid opened the door and she ran out half clad. When we got to know, I was gutted because she covered up her husband for so long. She had a way of hiding her scars, my beautiful cousin became a shadow of herself. But now she is doing so well and doing through a divorce. I must commend her, because if she had not left she would have been in a body bad. My best friend left her relationship because she was slapped, all she did was pack his stuffs into a bin bag and called the police on him. That was the end of their relationship till today even as they have a kid together. Domestic violence is so common, that is why during curtship it is advisable to push your partner to see their limit. No woman or man deserves to be hurt by the ones they love. It's not right. It's quite unfortunate with the way people see domestic violence as okay, we will continue to breed wife and husband beaters. If parents don't see it as wrong, how then will they tell their kids it is wrong to hit their partner. Please, we must say no to this. We place too much emphasis on staying married, if you die in that marriage does life not continue? God please do not give me a man that will use the same hand he uses to hold me at night, to beat me in the morning