Domestic Violence
INFORMATIVE SPEECH:
“What is domestic Violence, how common it is and which are some of the main signs that we can recognize domestic relationships.”
“What do you think that is Domestic Violence?”
Before I answer to this question, let me tell you a short story. Her friends describe Maria “as the perfect girl”. She is beautiful, she is working and she has many friends. However, Maria has many problems in her family. Her father is alcoholic and he is not working to feet his family. So, Maria and her mother are doing two or three jobs each in order to earn enough money to survive. Her father was hitting her and her mother almost everyday. One day one of Maria’s friends that know what it was happening report this situation to the police in order to help Maria. When the police ask Maria if she believes that there are any signs of Domestic Violence in her family, her answer was just like that “Of course not, no one rape me or my mother or my little brother.”
I am here to talk you about Domestic Violence and specifically what it is, how common it is and some basic signs of identifying it in everyday life.
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In 1993 the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) Report on Domestic Violence used the following definition: “any form of physical, sexual or emotional abuse which takes place within the context of a close relationship. In most cases, the relationship will be between partners (married, cohabiting, or otherwise) or ex-partners”.
So domestic violence can affect many aspects of someone’s life. It is more likely to acts against women more than men. Crime survey found that 45% women and 26% men had experienced at least one incident of inter – personal violence in their lifetimes. This means that women affected almost twice as much than men.
Domestic violence is repetitive, life – threatening and can destroy the lives of women, children and men. I will be concentrating on how common is domestic violence nowadays. The association for
“What is domestic Violence, how common it is and which are some of the main signs that we can recognize domestic relationships.”
“What do you think that is Domestic Violence?”
Before I answer to this question, let me tell you a short story. Her friends describe Maria “as the perfect girl”. She is beautiful, she is working and she has many friends. However, Maria has many problems in her family. Her father is alcoholic and he is not working to feet his family. So, Maria and her mother are doing two or three jobs each in order to earn enough money to survive. Her father was hitting her and her mother almost everyday. One day one of Maria’s friends that know what it was happening report this situation to the police in order to help Maria. When the police ask Maria if she believes that there are any signs of Domestic Violence in her family, her answer was just like that “Of course not, no one rape me or my mother or my little brother.”
I am here to talk you about Domestic Violence and specifically what it is, how common it is and some basic signs of identifying it in everyday life.
BODY
In 1993 the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) Report on Domestic Violence used the following definition: “any form of physical, sexual or emotional abuse which takes place within the context of a close relationship. In most cases, the relationship will be between partners (married, cohabiting, or otherwise) or ex-partners”.
So domestic violence can affect many aspects of someone’s life. It is more likely to acts against women more than men. Crime survey found that 45% women and 26% men had experienced at least one incident of inter – personal violence in their lifetimes. This means that women affected almost twice as much than men.
Domestic violence is repetitive, life – threatening and can destroy the lives of women, children and men. I will be concentrating on how common is domestic violence nowadays. The association for