{"id":752424,"date":"2019-11-26T14:15:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/26\/forget-religion-if-your-husband-is-abusive-leave\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T14:15:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:15:54","slug":"forget-religion-if-your-husband-is-abusive-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/26\/forget-religion-if-your-husband-is-abusive-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Religion, If Your Husband Is Abusive, Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_725909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-725909\" style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-725909\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Capture-58.png\" alt=\"Tonto Dikeh\" width=\"521\" height=\"565\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-725909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tonto Dikeh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has taken to her Instagram page to advise women in abusive relationships to leave and save their lives.<\/p>\n<p>According to the mom of one, women need to forget what tradition and religion say about domestic violence and leave when their partners abuse them.<\/p>\n<p>In her words;<\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Edited\">Dear African woman,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Marriage is not supposed to be a bed of thorns, if your partner keeps abusing you, disrespecting you, and causing you pain, you have to prioritize self-care and leave.<br \/>The society and the government have refused to protect womanhood, our rights have the bottom of the pot; we are constantly shooed, and intimidated into silence but today I tell you to leave.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no longer love when you have to cry everyday. It\u2019s no longer love when your matrimonial home is now a boxing ring. It\u2019s no longer love when you are used as a punching bag. Staying married must not require staying in pain, and wallowing in regret.<\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Edited\"><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Anytime You Have Sex With Somebody, Your Soul Ties With Theirs: Tonto Dikeh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Leave today! Forget what religion and tradition say. You\u2019re worth more than your marital status! What matters is your peace and joy and sanity!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been international women\u2019s day against violence, and I\u2019m encouraging you to leave that toxic relationship, leave that violent marriage, speak up and live again.- KING TONTO<br \/>#INTERNATIONALDAYTOENDVOILENCEAGAINSTWOMEN#SURVIVOR#ORANGETHEWORLD#THETONTODIKEHFOUNDATION<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_725908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-725908\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-725908\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/b-61.png\" alt=\"Tonto Dikeh\" width=\"840\" height=\"563\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-725908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tonto Dikeh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonto Dikeh Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has taken to her Instagram page to advise women in abusive relationships to leave and save their lives. According to the mom of one, women need to forget what tradition and religion say about domestic violence and leave when their partners abuse them. In her words; Dear African woman, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":752425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-752424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Forget Religion, If Your Husband Is Abusive, Leave - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/26\/forget-religion-if-your-husband-is-abusive-leave\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Forget Religion, If Your Husband Is Abusive, Leave - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Tonto Dikeh Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has taken to her Instagram page to advise women in abusive relationships to leave and save their lives. 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