The “domestic” part doesn’t matter—violence is violence. There was a time when victims of domestic violence could be silenced, and many people didn’t pay attention to the seriousness of the situation. Their pleas fell upon deaf ears, as our society looked the other way. Nowadays that is not the case; we live in a time where victims of all ages, genders, and ethnicities have a much stronger voice. They no longer allow themselves to be denied of any help or awareness of their situation. Victims are now using their experiences to speak out to heal themselves, while strengthening others. However, even with the resources available, and the cognizance brought upon to our society, many still do not understand the extent of what victims go through, and how much they actually suffer not just during, but long after getting away from their abuser. Victims suffer mental effects from domestic violence because not only does it cause the victim physical damage from the abuse, but it also causes post-traumatic stress, anxiety and even mental instability from watching the abuse take place.…
In the woman-to-woman sexual violence book, Dr. Lori B. Girshick records the participants’ narrative about their abusive experiences. According to the survivor’s stories, it can recognize the similar process such as controlling intimate partner behaviors, limiting interaction with other people and isolating the victims. In addition, not only the forms of abusive action include the physical, sexual, emotional abuse is closed to the heterosexual domestic violence, but also the reactions of batters are cognate. The majority of the victims when they recalled their abusive relationship, they were not able to determine some certain behavior is considered as a violent action. Moreover, the victims sometimes blame themselves that their partner abuse…
This article is about post-traumatic stress disorders. Post-traumatic stress disorders is probably the most commonly studied post-disaster psychiatric disorder. This review aimed to systematically assess the evidence about post-traumatic…
It is generally known that domestic violence is acknowledged by many doctors to be a serious social problem. It is not like normal domestic violence, “cold violence” is a form of mental abuse. Mental abuse doesn’t take immediate effect, but it is a slow process and can be more severe than the physical abuse. Presently, the physical harm of domestic violence has caused a certain degree of concern and attention, but the "cold violence" in spirit level has not been brought to the attention of the public sufficiently. Physical abuse is most often found in low-income, low-education families, while “cold violence” is more common in families at the opposite end of the social…
Family members of people diagnosed with PTSD have reported many of the same reactions to the disorder. Sympathy for their loved one’s suffering. This may present itself in a harmful manner. Sometimes familied treat their loved one like a permanently disabled person. Losing hope for rehabilitation. Symptoms of PTSD have been treated successfully and it is important to support the patient in…
It has long been wondered by many people, why there are so many who stay in mentally/physically abusive relationships. I have designed a study to find out address the reasons and the average amount of women by social and educational and by age group.…
Domestic violence is the cause of more than one-third of emergency room visits by women and accounts for 22% of all violent crimes against women. This article describes the stress of living in an abusive relationship. By living in domestic violence it can lead to depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, physical problems, and can lead to suicide. Women may also be psychologically or emotionally abused through name calling; humiliation; social isolation from family, friends, and work; and deprivation of food, money, transportation, medications, and access to…
“When the abuse continues, many people become passive, or withdraw emotionally in order to reduce immediate danger. In the end, many choose to live in a life fielded with abuse, or commit suicide or homicide,” according to Payne and Wermeling’s research (Payne & Wermeling, 2009). Victims of domestic violence are more prone to depression, sleep deprivation, anxiety, flashbacks of the attacks, social isolation and the abuse can even lead to heart disease or gastrointestinal disorders (SH, 2015).…
The Self-esteem theory correlates very well with domestic violence. Self-esteem, according to Allport and Murray (1996) is the image that the human being has of himself/herself in the relation to the knowledge of the expectation of other and the comparison with his/her own conduct. This theory was chosen because it predicts, describes, and explains it illustrates the emotional impact that domestic violence has on the self-esteem of the women (Allport and Murray, 1996). Domestic abuse often includes social and physical isolation, intimidation and harassment, false accusations or condemnations, ignoring and ridiculing the necessities, bad names, criticism and constant insults which of all assault the self-esteem of the woman (Corsi,…
As the definition written by Sandra (2006, p. 6),” Intimate partner violence is a pervasive social problem that has devastating effects on all family members as well as on the larger community”. Intimate partner violence, or domestic violence is more well-known to the public written by Donnellan in 1999 based on the report of Women’s Aid Federation of England, is the physical, emotional, sexual or mental abuse of one person (usually a woman) by another, with whom they have or had an intimate relationship. In recent years, the problem of domestic violence is becoming more and more serious. From the figures researched by the NCH Action for Children (cited in Donnellan, 1999), the second most widespread reported violent crime belongs to Domestic violence. As early as in 1992, the British survey estimates that there are 530,000 assaults on women by male in the home annually and Department of Justice Statistics also shows that the incidence of intimate partner violence is about 1 million cases per year for women and 150,000 cases per year for men (Rennison and Welchans, 2000 cited in Sandra 2006 ). Although domestic violence is very complex crime including different family members play different kinds of victim or perpetrator, however, according to these figures showed which highlight the fact that women are more vulnerable to be the victims in this kind of crime, this essay will mainly focus on domestic violence against female. The essay will be fundamentally divided into four sections. To begin with, the first section will discuss the history about domestic violence against women from the factors of gender, race, and culture and announce the severity of the crime in the modern period.…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder also known as PTSD is an emotional condition that can develop following a terrifying or traumatic event.…
There are several different types of abuse and each type affects people differently. There is child abuse and spousal abuse, but there is also physcial and mental abuse. This paper will go over each type of abuse, how the abuse affects the person, how people can recover from abuse, and just some general information…
An average of 1 in 4 or 25% of women in the United States has experienced physical or sexual abuse throughout an intimate affiliation at some point in time in their life (“Domestic Violence”, 2009). Among these individuals, nearly 2,000 do not make it and die of the resulted injuries they suffer from (“Women against Abuse”, 2012). When it comes to domestic violence, anyone can be a victim; the violence does not discriminate as to who will suffer from it no matter their sex, age, race, ethnicity, or financial background. Behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other are what define this dangerous act of crime. Although no one deserves this, it is important to learn of the precautions in order to help someone you love who is going through what is known to be a repetitive pattern of ongoing abuse.…
According to the Domestic Violence Agency Services, "Domestic violence often causes severe psychological trauma, which can continue long after its victims have found physical safety." When someone is the victim of repeated domestic violence, they have an immense…
This article addresses the many factors that play into why women, who suffer from battered women syndrome, do not leave their husbands or the person who is abusing them. Before we discuss the contents of this article a battered women syndrome is “the set of symptoms, injuries, and signs of mistreatment seen in a woman who has been repeatedly abused by a husband or other male figure”. This article is divided into two parts where part one focuses on external inhibiting factors within in society such as, economics and the criminal justice system (CJS) that influences battered women’s stay/leave decisions. The article states that “of all the possible reasons why battered women do not leave abusive men, CJS practices probably rank second only to economic dependency”.…