Physical Abuse and Divorce

September 16, 2009

Abuse of anything or anyone at any time is not welcome. We can repair objects if they are abused and make them work again but that’s not the same with living beings in general and humans in particular. Many scriptures say that it is unrighteous to hurt another person without a valid reason. Why go to scriptures, any person who is a true human being would never think of physically abusing another person. But unfortunately there are many such inhumane people who make life difficult for their wives, in the whole world. We need to accept the fact that physical abuse is also one of the many reasons for Alberta divorce.

I recently came across an article about a wealthy woman named Carolyn Mahoney, in the Chicago tribune. She is a well settled person and the ex-wife of the owner of a billionaire businessman, Billy J. Cox. Though they were married for a decent 40 years period their marriage life ended in divorce because Carolyn disclosed the fact that she had been physically abused by her husband when they were together as man and woman. The details she puts forward are harrowing and no one could withstand physical torture of such magnitude.

All that Carolyn advises to victims of physical abuse and domestic violence is that they take divorce and move out of the marriage. One does not have the right to hurt his/her own self. How can one then hurt another human being? Domestic violence and physical abuse feature prominently in the causes for Alberta divorce. The woman or man would have done a grave mistake by marrying the abusive spouse. But enduring it for long and remaining silent is a graver mistake than that.

Carolyn Mahoney has been going around places and lecturing people about the severity of physical abuse and tackling it. What makes her an impressive person is her resilience. She finds it highly difficult to recall all those hellish moments but she has been going around from one place to the other despite the pain and difficulty of recollecting those incidents of abuse on stage. Her motive is noble and her efforts are laudable because she is doing a great aid to numerous women and men in the society who are victims of physical abuse.

Knowing that one is abused and still being silent is of no good. Parting ways and getting a better spouse helps lead a happier life. The rate of Alberta divorce is growing day by day and physical abuse contributes to a major amount of the divorces.

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