I am a amoderator of an abused survivors' group; my statistics show that 1 in 3 women will be physically assaulted in their lifetime, and it all begins with verbal abuse; I have been working hard for 15 years to speak on National Television, and presented my paper, Society's Hidden Pandemic, Verbal Abuse, Precursor to Physical Violence and a Form of Biochemical Assault at my State's Counseling Association. If anyone would like a copy of the paper, I would be happy to send it and/or you can e-mail me, also: carleton@oakland.edu.....did you know that with verbal abuse (alone) that the brain can phsyically change?!