Domestic Violence in Vietnam: It’s Causes and Effect Does the number 186‚954 mean anything to you? That is the number divorce due to domestic violence. This accounted for 53.1% of the causes of divorce in 5 years (2000 - 2005) (according to Wikipedia). Family is cozy nest‚ safe house and defends us from the stress of life. Family becomes “heaven in our hearts”. Although so‚ domestic violence still is an issue of global nature and it occurs in many family in Vietnam. And this is reflected Vietnam
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Domestic violence is defined as the aggressive behavior in the household‚ usually practiced to a spouse. Most domestic violence cases are men acting on women. Today domestic violence is considered a federal crime‚ it is the causes of thirty percent of female murder. Women still work in discriminatory conditions‚ the socio-economic and cultural factors that increased inequality made women even more vulnerable violence and injustice. The impact on women’s health include physical psychological effects
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identified as domestic violence; far more than men are. Statistically speaking women are overwhelmingly prone to be at higher risk of abuse in intimate relationships than men are. For instance‚ there are countless domestic violence occurrences that fly under the radar due to the fact that an overwhelming percentage go unreported. Based on the statistics that are available‚ one can easily illustrate that women are primary targets for domestic violence. For starters‚ when domestic violence comes to
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Domestic violence has devastating effect on the victims who are mostly women with a resultant effect on the children. Some of these effects are highlighted as follows; Effect on Children: It is highly believed that a child who is exposed to domestic violence during his/her upbringing will suffer in his/her development and psychological welfare. Some emotional and behavioral problems that can result due to domestic violence include increased aggressiveness‚ anxiety‚ and changes in how a child socializes
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COMMANDMENTS IN INTERACTION WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS by Delishia Mitchem Domestic Violence is an issue for people of all walks of life. Regardless of social class‚ gender‚ economic background or ethnic group‚ domestic violence is prevalent. Current studies show that one out of every four women is a victim of domestic violence‚ and there are rising numbers in the male population. This takes the form of emotional‚ verbal and physical abuse. As a domestic violence survivor‚ I am compelled
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Domestic Violence Domestic violence is defined as acts of physical and/or psychological violence committed by one partner or on to another. Though committed by both sexes‚ men commit the majority of domestic violence acts. While efforts have been made to prevent men from engaging in domestic violence‚ these efforts have yet to make a major effect on the rates of violence against women. This is because these efforts often involve reversing long-held cultural and societal beliefs. Given this situation
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of Violence Kishmere K. Speedwell BSHS 302 Introduction to Human Services Stephanie Chupein March 30‚ 2010 History of Domestic Violence According to Martin (2008) domestic violence‚ also referred to as family violence and intimate partner violence‚ involves the physical and emotional abuse acted out between intimates. This may include violence between husbands and wives‚ boyfriends and girlfriends‚ violence within gay and lesbian relationships‚ and violence between siblings. Domestic violence
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Types of violence Physical violence is the intentional use of physical force to hurt someone‚ this person displaying physical harm has a motive. Sexual violence can involve unwanted or forced sexual acts against a person; these acts can be forced by ways of intimidation to compel a person to engage in unwanted sex or sexual harassment. Verbal violence is threats of words‚ gestures that are meant to communicate the threat of physical‚ sexual violence‚ or to manipulate a person. Verbal violence could
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Domestic Violence and Abuse Abstract Domestic Violence is one of the most occurring situations found in the United States. This form of violence‚ also known as spousal abuse‚ happens within a relationship that is intimate or within a marriage. This particular issue seems to be found to affect women more often than men in varying ways such as injury or even death. Some of the injuries found in domestic violence cases are the head‚ neck‚ chest‚ face‚ breast‚ and abdomen‚ which are the most
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Chastady Dunbar S. Thompson English 1101 TGAA 29 September 2014 The Abusive Husband In America‚ there have been many cases of domestic violence in a household. In most cases‚ it involves a husband abusing his wife. After a while‚ some women have had enough and decide to leave‚ while others choose to stay. The main reason behind why a lot of women stay in abusive relationships is simply that they don’t know how to get out. Most of the women that stay are blinded by love. She may think she is so in
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