PEPA: I was with Treach for ten years and I never hit him, so when people would ask me, "What did you do?" it truly hurt me, because, if I sucked my teeth, I was beaten like a man, or if I responded to him in a way he didn't like—and we didn't even have to be arguing—I got beat, so I learned to shut up. And how repressive is that? I can't speak for fear that I might be punished? So people think that the physical is bad but add the emotional and mental on top of that. I was dragged around so much by my hair, which I wore in braids a lot at that time, that I have to wear wigs for the rest of my life because I have no hairline on the side or front. Again, I am just thankful to be alive.
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