It might. And that’s really just something that you’re going to have to come to terms with. It’s best however, not to immediately go into take up another partner, right after coming out of a difficult and painful relationship. In this period, whether you are male or female, you will be vulnerable to predatory individuals. If you’re a woman, vulnerability will show, and just as easily this can occur if you’re a male. Women take advantage of men just as easily as men take advantage of women. However, most individuals that have come safely out of violent relationships, after they have healed, do not end up continually repeating the process of going back and forth through abusive relationships.