Many people don't believe that women fear voting against their partner's wishes, so let me educate you with some statistics in this thread – 🧵 An average of 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a single year.

(via The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey)

"Can my husband find out who I am voting for in the Presidential Election?" 🗳️

We've been getting this question a lot, so we rounded up some helpful facts. Please share this 🧵 *this is not legal advice, but we wanted to share some general information

With the election for President coming up, we have been getting questions about voting - in particular, “can my husband find out who I am voting for in the presidential election?” While voter laws vary state by state, we wanted to remind you of a few things:

As someone who was in an emotionally abusive relationship for years, I want to remind you that when your partner picks on the way you dress, look, eat, move, speak, laugh, live…with intention to hurt you, it’s not okay. And it’s not “just a joke.” It’s meant to cut you down. And this happens slowly, over time: “You’re eating that?” “You’re going out in that?” “You look weird in that.” This builds up over time to break down your ego and humanity. It strips you of you. But it’s “just a joke babe!!” But it’s not. They are doing it on purpose.