Hope House
of South Central Wisconsin, Inc.

Our Mission:

Hope House, in cooperation with the community, provides shelter, advocacy and education to people affected by domestic violence and sexual assault.

Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault are Never the Victims Fault

Abuse is about power and control over another individual, it is never about the victim and their actions. No one deserves to be abused and no one asks for it.

• Every 15 seconds, in the United States, a woman is beaten.
• 50% of all injuries to women who come to emergency rooms are the result of abuse.
• 40% of all women who are murdered die at the hands of husbands or lovers.
• 25% of suicide attempts by women are related to battering.
• 75% of abusers experienced or witnessed abuse as children.

(Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime)

Domestic Violence is purposeful, repeated, systematic control of one partner, in an intimate relationship, over another. Abuse comes in four types: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, or financial abuse. This repeated form of control can manifest itself in several ways: intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, minimizing-denying-blaming partner, using the children, male privilege, economic abuse, coercion or threats.

Sexual Assault is any form of unwanted sexual attention or sexual contact committed by force, manipulation, threats, bribes, pressure, tricks, or violence. Sexual assault is a crime of violence, anger and power, not sexual desire.

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