No single cause factor is correlated with domestic abuse. Alternatively, experts have found that several factors contribute to domestic abuse. Feminists have claimed that women have been abused by their husbands. They helped to clarify the connection between patriarchy and domestic violence by drawing on feminist theory.
In discussing domestic violence researchers explored other theoretical views including attachment theory, exchange theory, identity theory, conflict process, theory of social learning, and victim theory. However, there are variables which can not be addressed by a single theoretical viewpoint. Factors including pregnancy, social status, level of education, animal abuse and alcohol abuse have shown that Correlations can affect the probability of victimization.
Domestic Violence is the maltreatment of a spouse or partner. Domestic Violence is usually associated with women, but can also be men and children. This type of abuse can happen in several different forms it can be physical, mental/emotional, financially, religious and even sexual. Physical abuse mostly consist of punching, kicking, slapping, even the act … Read more
In the film El dia que me quieras: The Day You Love Me, is based on how men mistreat women and how women are valued less. Women shouldn’t feel discouraged because of their gender and not feel incapable of doing what a man can do. There has also been a majority of women that experience … Read more
The main topic of this paper is spouse abuse. The five sub topics are socialization and stress explanations for spousal abuse, employment and the risk of domestic violence among low income women, status relationships in marriage and the risk factors of abuse, domestic violence in African American communities, and wife abuse in urban Russian couples. … Read more
In Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, women in the Dominican Republic are objectified by men; they are treated as sex symbols and objects of desire. Similarly, a women’s worth is dependent upon her physical attractiveness solely and not her character. Women are also chastised and physically assaulted for failing to subjugate … Read more
This literary writing will attempt to examine the impact of domestic violence (DV) in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community (LGBT) and demonstrate the plethora of disparities that impact this community in the DV arena. Domestic violence is statistically more prominent in a homosexual relationship than in a heterosexual (cisgender) relationship (White & Goldberg, 2006). … Read more
In Crave by Sarah Kane, the discussions of violence between a series of characters, named C, M, B, A, that express a unique form of poetic narrative that expresses the subconscious mind of reactionary violence in terms of victim status. The exchange between predator and victim status is an important aspect of the character, A, … Read more
Rihanna was beaten by her boyfriend, Chris Brown. Lady Gaga spoke out about her sexual assault. Pamela Anderson’s husband physically and emotionally abused her. The latest is Kesha and losing her court case against her producer when he sexually assaulted her. Domestic violence still occurs in America today and us as religion and laws taught … Read more
Violence associated with teenage relationships could be abstracted as a set of various violent and abusive behaviors, including sexual and physical assaults, homicides, psychological abuse, kidnapping, harassment, and threats (Theriot, 2012, p. 224). Consequently, dating violence could occur as sexual, psychological, or physical abuse. Physical violence is defined by actions such as being choked, slapped, … Read more
Introduction There are several reasons why children enter foster care such as abandonment, caregiver’s death, domestic violence, medical neglect, parent’s incarceration, physical abuse, sexual abuse, truancy, and voluntary placement. Sadly, many homes have more than one of the following issues and a child enters the foster care system for numerous reasons. Annually tens of thousands … Read more
Domestic violence remains a significant concern that impacts negatively on the lives of our community. Not only those that are directly subjected to the violence and abuse. Can you image the horror of living every day expecting to be choked, beaten or killed by your spouse? Domestic violence is a common problem. This is real … Read more
“Nearly 25% of women have been victims of domestic violence at some point in their Lives, and more than 40% of these women sustained physical injuries from these assaults”(Grover, Paul & Dodge, 2011, P. 619). Police have the power to use discretion whenever they want. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, “discretion is the quality … Read more
Abuse, Poverty and Trafficking in Guatemala Guatemala is primarily a poor country that is struggling in several areas; health and development, malnutrition, literacy, and contraceptive use. Guatemala has the highest population in Central America. It has the highest population growth rate in Latin America and is likely to continue because of its large reproductive-age population … Read more
Domestic Violence is a range of behaviors that are used to establish power and control by one intimate partner over the other (Ward, 2014). Domestic violence is not caused by genetics instead it is a learned behavior. It is a choice that the person makes therefore it is not caused by alcohol or drugs although … Read more
Intimate partner violence is a macro level problem that affects people all over the world. The term intimate partner violence consists of five methods, physical, sexual, stalking, psychological and economic abuse among former, current couples and individuals that are often close to each other. When people talk about intimate partner violence, the first thing that … Read more
Is corporal punishment an effective way of disciplining children? Corporal punishment is a violation inflicted on children, teachers, and others in names of “discipline” which is experienced by a large majority of children in many states worldwide. In the United States, there are laws protecting children from physical abuse, including at school and home; nevertheless, … Read more
Against Women is a global issue reaching across national boundaries as well as socio-economic, cultural, racial and class distinctions. It is a problem without frontiers. Not only is the problem widely dispersed geographically, but its incidence is also extensive, making it a typical and accepted behavior. Only recently, within the past twenty-five years, has the … Read more
A lady calls 911 and cries that her husband is beating her. She wants to file a report, but then asks the dispatcher if it is going to be in the paper the next day. When the dispatcher doesn’t reply, she changes her mind about the report and hangs up (Cart). The lady was Sun … Read more
Homelessness is not new to our nation, and it has greatly increased over the past ten years. (Baum, 1-4) For growing numbers of people, work provides little, if any, protection against homelessness. Low national un-employment levels do not mean that all working people are well-off. (Baum, 21-24) What is homelessness? According to the definition stated … Read more
Within freedom should come security. Within security should come freedom. But in Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood, it seems as though there is no in between. Atwood searches throughout the novel for a medium between the two, but in my eyes fails to give justice to a womans body image. Today’s society has created a … Read more
Domestic violence describes a situation where one person in a relationship is using violence to control and dominate another person. Domestic violence victims and their batterers cut across all socioeconomic, demographic, and professional lines. It is an epidemic that is emphasized particularly with the female gender. While physical assault is often times the most common … Read more
The first reaction upon hearing about the topic of battered men, for many people, is that of incredulity. Battered husbands are a topic for jokes (such as the cartoon image of a woman chasing her husband with a rolling-pin). One researcher noted that wives were the perpetrators in 73% of the depictions of domestic violence … Read more