Women And Domestic Abuse Essay

Domestic Abuse and Violence “Abusive relationships exist because they provide enough rations of warmth, laughter, and affection to clutch onto like a security blanket in the heap of degradation. The good times are the initial euphoria that keeps addicts draining their wallets for toxic substances to inject into their veins. Scraps of love are food for an abusive relationship.” -Maggie Young, domestic abuse survivor. Every one in four women will become victims of domestic violence, but abuse isn’t limited to just women. Sixty percent of children that are abused are boys and there are estimated 6, 155 suicides committed a year by men who are involved in an abusive relationship. Domestic abuse and violence is definitely not uncommon and needs to be ended because too many lives are being ended from the abuse.

Before the women’s rights movement, women of America were limited to the respect given to them. They were practically considered their husband’s property. One woman put it as, "The female doesn't really expect a lot from life. She's here as someone's keeper — her husband's or her children’s”(The 1960s-70s American). “They were legally subject to their husbands via "head and master laws," and they
There are solutions to this problem, though they will take some effort to change. Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act, and in 1995 Pres. Bill Clinton established the Violence Against Women Office in the Department of Justice; this office attempts to aid and coordinate the work of federal, state, and local agencies on the issue of domestic violence” (Domestic Violence).This attempts to save women who are victims of domestic abuse by enforcing the law. Women’s organizations pressured police to treat domestic violence as they would treat any other assault, established battered women’s shelters where victims and their children could find safety, help, counseling, and legal