No amount of logic can usually move a battered woman,....

“ No amount of logic can usually move a battered woman, so persuasion requires emotional leverage, not statistics or moral arguments. . . .I have seen their fear and resistance firsthand . . . I believe it is critical for a woman to view staying as a choice, for only then can leaving be viewed as a choice and an option. ”

Gavin de Becker

From : The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence