Abuse In Silence: Video Analysis

In this video abused in silence it is about a Muslim woman who is abused by her husband. She goes through different phases in the abuse. One of the first phases that they explained in the video is the when they first meet which would be like the honeymoon phase. The next phases are when there are minor abuses. It then escalates to increased abuses as well as name calling. Then she has a son which brings her hope and makes it so that she wants to leave the relationship. The final phase is when she eventually leaves but is beaten severely by her husband. In the first phase, she is in the honeymoon phase because she says the guy as a nice person based on how he is acting at that time. Which can be deceiving because they are showing the other person their “good” side. I found this surprising because it can happen to anyone who goes out with another person for the first time. The female in the video says that he “first few days were like heaven” referring to the first few days after they were married. She thought this was how marriage was like but then it changed after she was first abused.
He also slaps her another time because his tea ws to cold. The most suprising part is that he did this at his family’s house and they did nothing. One possible reason would be according to the Differential association theory which states” crime is learned through interactions with others (p.58).” Which may explain why the woman’s husband is so violent as he may have learned it form his family when he was growing up and saw it as normal. It also explains why his family might have acted so normally when he hit his