Questions about domestic abuse

Editor,

What is domestic abuse?

Is it a slap or a punch?

Or is it a push or a shove?

Let's say what if this would happen to you: What would you do if your partner pinned you down on the floor and then slapped you around? What if that person also told you that you were lucky not to have gone to the hospital with broken bones? What if that person told you that you deserved what you got and you needed to pay more because you got that person angry, so therefore his/her actions were justified? What if that person told you that you were being taught a lesson? What if that person became meaner as he/she drank?

To anyone that has an opinion or been through this type of treatment, could you please tell me, does anyone ever deserve this type of abuse? Is it ever OK?

Dixie Gainan

St. Ignatius