Domestic Violence In The Victorian Era

Although current domestic violence, which is to torment a family member or multiple family members mentally or physically inside the sanctuary of a home, has one or two common factors to the domestic violence that of which occurred in the Victorian era, the two still have clearly visible differences, including how it is practiced and why one is driven to it.

Oliver Twist, a book written by Charles Dickens in 1961 to address Victorian era social issues, covers the topic of domestic violence. The topic is mostly observed by a couple named Bill Sikes and Nancy. Bill Sikes constantly beat both Nancy and his dog, Bullseye. Though it was clear the two had some kind of fondness towards each other, their relationship did not last. This is evidenced
Today domestic violence, the abuse of the body or mind within a home, has different methods of effectiveness. Quite recently, there has been another uprising effect of domestic violence. “In December 2015… 462 people died and and 1,314 had been wounded in shootings involving four or more people during that year alone… And perhaps, not as surprisingly, domestic violence was actually a factor in the killer’s lives” (Brian Pacheco, 2017). Pacheco’s statement only proves we haven’t improved from our past mistakes. And now, domestic violence isn’t always just with a spouse. Children get hit, property gets damaged, even pets get injured. It isn’t limited to simply women and children when people are the ones being abused, now that LGBT marriage has been declared legal. Even if it was not deemed legal, LGBT domestic abuse is no different that normal domestic abuse. Women could hit their significant other no matter what gender, and men could hit their significant other, gender is no limit to who can and cannot be a victim to domestic violence. One out of three women and one out of four men have been subjected to physical violence from an intimate partner at one point in their