Its amazing how a relationship starts with so much love and ends up in disaster ,it is true that women are emotional and commit easily but at this point it is important for every woman to commit and to be emotional toward the right man, this is very tricky because right can turn out to be wrong sometimes, that is why a lot of woman get entangled in abusive relationships, abuse can be physical and emotions, but whatever it is ,the scars runs deep within the victim making her vulnerable and deeply hurt.
A woman is meant to be loved and treasured by her man, she is meant to be his help mate, but in so many cases like the ones we see in our society these days, the woman is turned into a physically tortured soul. Some out of love for their children stay in these marriages, hoping that one day the abuser will go back to his loving self, but this rarely happens, and she continues to fight for her life, she is stripped of her self–esteem and left with nothing but shame.
But there is hope for the battered woman, if she can rise above her fears, if she will summon enough strength to say enough is enough! If she will take a long look at her life and realize that she doesn’t want her children to wake up one day and say “why did mum suffer in silence, why didn’t she seek help? If she had done all these she would have been here with us”.
And this is to the society, women should not be encouraged or advised to stay in abusive relationships, it kills the soul, it is true that we can be very religious and sentimental, we tend to shy away from the truth, when a relationship or marriage becomes life threatening, the woman’s life comes first…we should also be our brothers keeper, when our neighbor or someone we know is being abused we should be concerned, we can give an anonymous tip to the police.
On a final note, it is true that a woman can be close-minded when love is at stake, we must watch who we say I do to, women! Don’t sign your death warrant by signing the dotted line.
Olaleye Taiwo
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