June 11: Domestic Abuse

I interviewed more workers today. Counter-productive to the mission of anti-labor trafficking, but some of the workers feel it is easier working in Malaysia than farming in Vietnam, depending on the department they get put in. One woman went in-depth into her life with her husband and how their marriage was good for 10 years. Then he started beating her, locking her up and beating her several times a day. She stayed with him for the kids, and her first thought was her kids. Selfless...so selfless. Finally her oldest child urged her to stop thinking for them and to take care of herself first. 10 days after this lady went to Malaysia, the man remarried. She went into more details but I just keep thinking how can someone be so selfless and how can someone else be so uncaring and insensitive and I just don't get it....how do you have it in your heart to hurt someone you've been with for over 10 years?