womanizing] because we might break up. The day might come. My children are right, whatever happens, even when I would leave my husband).” Asked if she would file legal complaints against her husband, she said, “Jende man, sabe yo manada man tambien ancina. No hay problem llega na ayuda del government. Tiene man yo tiwala na maga pulis. Si no, el huya ba. Por eso, no mas ya lang (Not at all, I know there are many who are in the same [situation]. There is no problem when it comes to the help of government. I have faith in our police. Only, the embarrassment. Which is why, [I decide to] never mind).” And if the violence gets worse again she would have courage to report. “Pati si llega el tiempo cay hace le senti duele, jende yo deja con ele bastabasta senti duele fisical. Sabe man tambien yo onde atraca para pedi ayuda (When time comes that he will hurt me again, I will not let him to just hurt me physically. I also know where to go to ask help).” The first incident of violence when she did not even report it, she said, “Igual lang se si tiene quita enfermedad, si jende pa grabe el cosa ta senti jende pa pedi ayuda. Amo tambien yo quel. No hay yo reporta cay jende man tambien grabe el cosa ya socede comigo (It is like when we are sick, if if the pain felt is not yet severe, we don’t ask for help yet. I am like that. I did not report because what happened to me was not severe).” Asked if she would file a case for VAW as a woman S35 stated, “Ya tiene yo se suporta ya habla comigo cay planta caso. De mio hermana quel pero ya llega lang tambien na punto cay yo mismo ya pensa no ma ya lang. De mio decision siempre yo sigue (I had support that was offered to me if I filed a case [in court]. That was my sister but it still reached that point when I myself decided not to pursue. My initial decision was still followed).” Researchers’ Observations: S35 is a mother of 8, and has been wed 30 years ago to this same man, who has been making her suffer psychologically and physically. She only nursed her emotional pains by crying in silence as she considered the plight of their 8 children whom her husband also helps support financially. 68