She has many times thought of going to the barangay, but her husband does not change. It really is his attitude, she was thinking. But she always thought of her children and their future. Were it not for the hildren, she would have left him a long time ago. “Tarda ya yo quiere deja con ele pero pa que laya el maga bata?” She admitted that he has been abusing her for years, but she continues to do her best in keepingthe family intact. It was always her who gets hurt so she finds the situation bearable. She stated, “No quiere yo engranda el maga bata que no hay tata. Siguro, si queda ya gayot bien duele y na maga bata le sentí duele, alla ya gaha yo rebenta (I don’t want my children to grow up without a father. Perhaps, if the pain becomes too much, and he hurts the children, that’s the time I will burst).” Researchers’ Observation: S2 is martyr-like. She does not appreciate her own rights as a person. She believes that love for her children is measured by her endurance with the kind of relationship she has sustained with their father. She is not conscious of human rights nor is she aware of VAW. Analysis: S2 underwent psychological, economic and emotional violence. The father of her children has, for more than two decades, not valued her being a woman, not even as mother of their children. His constant threat was his leaving her and their children (per her narrative) has begun when the eldest child was still a toddler, and had only 2 children. This means she has tolerated the abuse as part of the culture within the domestic confines for twenty-two (22) years. While the neighbors hear of their quarrels and the barangay officials have kindly advised her what to do, and pólice have encouraged her to file charges, she voluntarily and involuntarily desists in advancing her complaint. Survivor 3 S3 has been married for six (6) years, and has 2 little girls with her husband. Per her narrative, her husband has been often under the influence of alcohol and has a group of drinking friends that he hangs out with regularly. Although he does not hurt them physically, he does not give her and the children money for support. The little amount that he earns is not substantial to support the family as it mostly goes to his drinking buddies and their sessions. At times she quarrels him when he does not give her money as she finds it difficult to manage the family’s expenses for survival. 32