There’s a connection between poverty and violence. Not necessarily a causal link, but certainly a correlation.
Poverty makes women more vulnerable to the coercive control that so often leads to violence. It also makes leaving dangerous relationships much more difficult. Additionally, poverty increases the shame and frustrated rage that can incite men’s violence and need for control. There’s also a cumulative link over time. Children who witness or experience violence understandably have trouble doing well at school. They are also more likely to grow up with physical and mental health problems, which in turn, makes them more vulnerable both to poverty and to recreating violence as adults.
