CHICAGO (WLS) -- October marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

One in three women and one in four men will experience domestic violence in their lives, according to the Chicago Department of Family and support services.

Thirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend, over the past year.

The Illinois Domestic Violence hotline received more than 59,000 contacts last year. That number has more than doubled over the past five years.

Rebecca Darr, the president and CEO of Wings, the largest provider of domestic abuse services in Illinois, says it's not just about someone being physically abused.

"It's more often not physical abuse. It's more often emotional abuse. The big one that people don't realize is financial abuse. The

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