Causes Of Domestic Violence Essay
Alexia Perkins-Maupin
10/1/15
Biology 100-006
Healthy Living Paper
“It’s Deeper than That”
The Levels of Domestic Violence
Commercials across the nation that air to bring awareness to domestic violence often times only mentions physical abuse, however there are five different types of domestic violence. The five types of domestic violence are physical, verbal, emotional, economical, and sexual abuse. Domestic violence is very present in our environment and can happen in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships. “Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.” (http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/facts.htm) Three of the most overlooked forms are sexual, emotional, and economical. “Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent.”( http://www.apa.org/topics/sexual-abuse/index.aspx) In most cases of sexual abuse the person committing the act is a man but every case varies. One of the reasons that sexual abuse is overlooked as domestic violence is, because when people get …show more content…
As reported by womenslaw.org financial abuse is “making or attempting to make a person financially dependent (maintaining total control over financial resources and withholding access to money.) (http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=14107&state_code=PG) Although the term economic and financial abuse are used interchangeably they do have a slight variation. “A key distinction between economic abuse and financial abuse is that economic abuse also includes the control of someone’s present or future earning potential by preventing them from obtaining a job or
10/1/15
Biology 100-006
Healthy Living Paper
“It’s Deeper than That”
The Levels of Domestic Violence
Commercials across the nation that air to bring awareness to domestic violence often times only mentions physical abuse, however there are five different types of domestic violence. The five types of domestic violence are physical, verbal, emotional, economical, and sexual abuse. Domestic violence is very present in our environment and can happen in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships. “Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.” (http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/facts.htm) Three of the most overlooked forms are sexual, emotional, and economical. “Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using force, making threats or taking advantage of victims not able to give consent.”( http://www.apa.org/topics/sexual-abuse/index.aspx) In most cases of sexual abuse the person committing the act is a man but every case varies. One of the reasons that sexual abuse is overlooked as domestic violence is, because when people get …show more content…
As reported by womenslaw.org financial abuse is “making or attempting to make a person financially dependent (maintaining total control over financial resources and withholding access to money.) (http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=14107&state_code=PG) Although the term economic and financial abuse are used interchangeably they do have a slight variation. “A key distinction between economic abuse and financial abuse is that economic abuse also includes the control of someone’s present or future earning potential by preventing them from obtaining a job or