Why Women Stay In Abusive Relationships

What if you believed marriages should last forever? Would you stay no matter what? What if you didn’t want to leave your home and belongings? As many as 4 million women are abused nationwide (Mujer), and a lot of these women stay no matter what the cost. I was one of them. But, the interesting thing is that now, one year later; I can’t even begin to figure out the reasons I stayed. I consider myself a strong, independent person; I can’t understand why I allowed myself to go through the most emotionally damaging experience in my life. I chose the question “Why do women stay in abusive relationships?” for my research because I want to try and understand the reasons I stayed, as well as why so many other women stay.
First, I wanted to understand exactly what abuse was, so I went to AskPat.com and searched for “What is abuse?” I found a website that broke abuse into 4 categories: emotional, psychological, sexual, and physical. Then it gave instances for each. ...