A friend and I were just talking about why women would get into relationships that are harmful to them. We know of women who have stayed in relationships with men that mistreat them and can't understand why. I don't think that it is healthy for a relationship if either side is too dependent on the other. You have to be able to stand on your own two feet.

So all men should feel guilty about the actions of some of the members of their gender?

It's awful what happened to Culp. Her husband clearly meant to kill her, not just maim her. Like Mary Winkler, the minister's wife who killed her husband, also with a shotgun, and who served only 67 days.

Until your report last night I thought face transplants were only stuff done in movies – not possible in real life. I'm glad I was wrong and that Connie could get a new face. I hope when her husband is out of jail though she'll be smart and stay away from him. Next time she might not be as lucky just like thousands of other women shot and battered by the men in their lives.

What?! The husband only gets 7 years for the shooting?! What an injustice!

The fact that women still are not valued and respected by men is horrific and sobering in and of itself. One of my students lost his mom to domestic violence earlier this semester. She was abducted and violently murdered by her partner. Until women are respected, violent acts like those we've seen will continue. Until law enforcement takes the complaints about stalkers and abuse seriously and protects those victimized, the violence will continue. We talk about the rape and abuse women face in other countries and how bad that is. Abuse is abuse. Assault is assault. Whether that woman lives in abject poverty or is the heiress to millions, she's still a victim, she still needs protection, and it is still so wrong that she has to endure and suffer at the hands of some crazed male who quite simply should be put away and allowed to get help to change his behaviors.

What happened to her face? OMG!!!!!

These men crazy as hell!!!!!!!

what is there to say but god bless these women. there are no words.

This is a subject I've been raising questions about for years. I hope you will investigate the phenomenon. It's about male violence.

What is it about men that makes them so violent? I realize that not all men are violent but it seems self evident that their violence against women far outweighs women's violence against men – or against anyone, for that matter.

What is that about? Why are men violent? Why do males gravitate toward violence? Not just their own, but action flicks? action computer games? violent crime of all kinds?

And why isn't anyone calling them on it? Why doesn't our society talk about it? Study it? Do something about it? We seem to just accept it as a fact of life, that we must live with.

Well I can't accept male violence ( or violence of any kind) as a fact of life, a phenomenon that we must live with. I abhor it and urge you to take it on as an important news story.

This story has sadden me, but it brought about awareness of cowardly men who physically abuse women. if we would walk away from that lover, or husband at the 1st attempt of disrespect or a threat, more of us will be living today. What makes us afraid to walk before it escalates/ My youngest daughter died in "94", leaving 3 beautiful girls. i reared those girls , two are married and the youngest is still attending college. The two that are married , i le them keep the key to my house and told them , at anytime that they feel threaten by their spouse...come home. We as mothers must make our girls aware that they can always come home rather than be abusive situation. Many times our girls are afraid to come home, thinking that they failed as a wife.Or stay in a situation rather than lose their new found freedom.

The last sentence says it all.

And a big thanks to the doctors and hospitals that donate care to the victims.

What the HELL??? He only got SEVEN years for what he did to her?? This is what's wrong with out system and why men continue to batter women. I know someone who got more time than that for writing bad checks. This stinks!!

What in the world can we do to help? Please give us information on where to start on how to punish these people who basically want to murder another person and don't succeed with that horrible attempt. How can that woman's husband only get 7 years for doing that to her? It just upsets me deeply!!

Seven years in prison, they should have hang her husband along
side of Soddam.

Someone should pay this woman to be the new poster gal for Domestic Violence Abuse PSA Ads! Can you imagine the impact for these teen kids hanging with abusive boyfriends! Let them see this gal before her beautiful face was blasted with a gunshot to her face by her abusive husband who only got 7 year in Prison! Rhianna needs to visit with this lady! GOD BLESS CONNIE CULP!

A poor choice of words for the headline.