Essay On Domestic Abuse Equality

Domestic abuse: Equality in all aspects Domestic abuse is a problem within many countries but is a very hushed topic. Men and women alike fall victim to domestic abuse whether it be from a spouse or any aggressor within the house hold. Within in this project I wanted to address this issue while using several aspects of ethos, logos, and pathos in a fairly simple manner. Equality is a goal that many people wish to achieve while there are several areas of life that we have it but choose to ignore it. Men who fall victim to abuse are seen as weak and that is why light needs to be shed on both parties. My goal for this project was to bring attention to the fact abuse can be over looked. The point of having one half of the picture clean cut and the other to show the abuse was to show that it can easily be over looked, unintentionally. Someone who is always happy and well put together can very easily be hiding something. I wanted my audience to see this and to hopefully pay more attention to those around them. The two models are friends of mine. Many people may have seen them around campus and that abuse could be real, but no one has ever noticed. My audience was intended to be aimed towards those in abusive relationships, that’s why the national hotline is placed in white on a black background,
but also I wanted to highlight men’s abuse. This is targeted towards people who think men cannot be victims. I wanted to make people aware to the fact that even the strongest man can fall victim to an abusive relationship. Anyone who believes they are truly in love will stay through anything. When anyone reads, or looks at a poster the eyes go from left to right. My ethos stems from the photo of an abused woman. Many people are taught from a young age that women are the weaker sex so to have the first thing the eye will go to is a damsel in distress. When most people see a woman in pain or in need of help instinctively we go to them to fix or address the problem. Once the obvious is captured your eyes will move to the less spoke about. You see an abused male which may come as shocking and you’ll see that both genders suffer from a very one-sided discussion. My logos and ethos go hand in hand almost. The logical aspect plays onto people’s morals. When someone sees the abused they typically want to help. Within this poster I provided a campaign name as well as the national hotline number so those in need can have help finding a way out and so those who know someone who needs help can give them a leg up to get out. I looked to persuade my audience mainly through an emotional aspect.
I also take pride in my ‘hook’ statement. Equality is a huge issue in this day and age and the fact that such a positive and searched for goal can be turned into a negative light will hopefully get the attention this subject needs. There is equality in this world but in the darkest of areas. Men being abuse victims show them as weak and worthless, but for a woman to be abused is somehow accepted. Abuse has been normalized when it is a woman but men are victims too. There are many issues throughout the world where woman and men both suffer but showing just one could possibly open a door to seeing more
issues.