Domestic Violence: Theories Of Domestic Abuse

Theories on Domestic Abuse

Domestic violence is a pattern of repeated abuse that the abuser uses to gain some sense of power and control, over the victim. Unlike stranger violence, domestic violence situations the assault to the same victim. Domestic violence can exist without any form of understanding because you could never find out from that abuser why they abuse. However there are many theories on why domestic violence happens, a few of them that I agree with completely are cultural factors, poverty, and unequal opportunity. I will be examining these in this paper. The culture that we grow up in affects our beliefs, behaviors, values and how we deal with conflict. Are beliefs and actions defines part of who we are because if you happen to do something wrong or voice your opinion in a
However that view of what women can do has changed, so in an abusive relationship a women may make more money than her husband or become the provider that makes that man feel a certain way. As I mention in the poverty theory paragraph above it could feel a loss of masculinity, or his place in the household. All theories of domestic abuse could be a reason but the ones I mention are the ones I believe have an effect on abuse why it happens, in what it could stem from. People get affected by all types of abuse every day, why they do it will probably always be unknown. If we have at least theories on why it happens or questions if it’s mentally or physically related. Despite what theories there are domestic abuse hurts people in those could be your love one my love ones. So helping to fix the aftermath after the abuse let’s hope that abuser can learn or be helped on why they did