Sociology as Level: Examine the Patterns of, and Reasons for, Domestic Violence
Examine the Patterns Of, And Reasons For, Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is the dark side of the family; it can be defined as: the physical, psychological, financial, emotional or sexual abuse that takes place within an intimate or family-type relationship. A view held by the general population is that Domestic violence is performed by “a few disturbed individuals” who commit these acts.
In reality, as proved by many sociologists, it cannot be so as it is far too widespread; according to the British Crime Survey (2007), domestic violence accounts for a sixth of all violent crime. It follows sociological patterns too, for example although males can and do get abused the majority of people who are victims of domestic violence are women. Mirrlees-Black found that 99% of all incidents against women are committed by men; more disturbingly she found that one in four women have been abused by a partner at some point in their life; and one in eight women repeatedly so. Ronald and Rebecca Dobash found out in 1979 that based on police and court records and interviews with women in women’s refugees in Scotland, that violence can be triggered by what a man may hear as a challenge to authority, such as being asked why they were late for a meal.
Radical feminists would say that this is how men rule over women and they think that all males benefit from the abuse of women and enjoy it. Kate Millett and Shulamith Firestone both argue that “men are the enemy” and “they are the oppressors and exploiters of women”. Yet what they fail to see it that most men are against domestic abuse (Faith Robertson Elliot, 1996); and seeing as they fail to come up with a reasonable argument for that it can be presumed that they ignore the evidence presented to them. Another thing Radical feminists ignore is the clear data presented by Mirrlees-Black, that one in seven men are abused by women once in their lifetime, possibly more, due to the fact that many men would see it as an
Domestic violence is the dark side of the family; it can be defined as: the physical, psychological, financial, emotional or sexual abuse that takes place within an intimate or family-type relationship. A view held by the general population is that Domestic violence is performed by “a few disturbed individuals” who commit these acts.
In reality, as proved by many sociologists, it cannot be so as it is far too widespread; according to the British Crime Survey (2007), domestic violence accounts for a sixth of all violent crime. It follows sociological patterns too, for example although males can and do get abused the majority of people who are victims of domestic violence are women. Mirrlees-Black found that 99% of all incidents against women are committed by men; more disturbingly she found that one in four women have been abused by a partner at some point in their life; and one in eight women repeatedly so. Ronald and Rebecca Dobash found out in 1979 that based on police and court records and interviews with women in women’s refugees in Scotland, that violence can be triggered by what a man may hear as a challenge to authority, such as being asked why they were late for a meal.
Radical feminists would say that this is how men rule over women and they think that all males benefit from the abuse of women and enjoy it. Kate Millett and Shulamith Firestone both argue that “men are the enemy” and “they are the oppressors and exploiters of women”. Yet what they fail to see it that most men are against domestic abuse (Faith Robertson Elliot, 1996); and seeing as they fail to come up with a reasonable argument for that it can be presumed that they ignore the evidence presented to them. Another thing Radical feminists ignore is the clear data presented by Mirrlees-Black, that one in seven men are abused by women once in their lifetime, possibly more, due to the fact that many men would see it as an