Why Do Women Stay? Domestic violence is a serious and complex plague of society that affects all‚ but women make up the largest number of victims in most case studies. In the United States alone‚ "1.5 million women are raped or physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year. More than 500‚000 women victims require medical treatment‚ and 324‚000 victims are pregnant at the time of assault" (Berlinger‚ "Taking" 42). Numbers like these show how intense the situation of domestic violence truly
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: WHY DOES SHE STAY? 1 Domestic Violence: Why Does She Stay? Holly Brim University of Phoenix COM/220 2 “Why did you stay?” she was asked. Liz Faith‚ a former victim of domestic violence‚ now detective at the Bellevue Detective Family Violence Unit responded‚ “See I love that question because for me‚ the only answer to that question is‚ ‘Why are you asking me that question?’. To me it’s like‚ who cares why I stayed. Why do people even ask that question
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Women in relationships are often subjected to the plaque that is 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
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WOMEN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Since the 1990s‚ there has been increasing concern about violence against women in general and domestic violence in particular‚ in both developed and developing countries. Domestic violence occurs in all socioeconomic and cultural population subgroups; and in many societies‚ including in India‚ women are socialized to accept‚ tolerate‚ and even rationalize domestic violence and to remain silent about such experiences. Violence of any kind has a negative impact on the
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Noemy Vega Writing 0990 October 22‚ 2014 Why Women Stay You notice your Best friend has a bruised eye and a busted lip. You ask her what happened and she tells you that it was her fault. The next thing you do is tell her is to leave her husband. She doesn’t listen to you and the next time you see her is in the hospital with broken ribs and a fractured skull. The most common crime against women is Domestic Violence. One person has more power and is able to control many of the aspects of the relationship
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Domestic Violence against Women as a Grave Threat to Society Domestic violence‚ or intimate partner violence as it is also referred‚ is a serious problem in today’s society. This paper will focus on physical violence and abuse against women‚ though other types of abuse exist. Despite new and emerging laws‚ advocates speaking out‚ and a slight decrease in overall reported domestic violence incidents‚ women are still victims. There are adverse effects to prolonged and/or severe abuse‚ not the least
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Domestic Violence against Women Various types of relationships exist between men and women. The status of women has endured a constant change; thus changing the way they are perceived by others in relationships. Despite numerous healthy relationships experienced‚ there are those which have negative consequences to those involved; one such relationship is that regarding domestic violence. The term domestic violence according to Walker and Gavin refers to “an intimate relationship between two adults
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Introduction Violence in the home is a subject of increasingly public concern. According to Davis in the Encyclopedia of Social Work‚ "The most affected victims‚ physically and psychologically‚ are women‚ including single and married women and women separated or divorced from their partners" (Davis‚ 1995‚ p.789). For years violence against women has been excluded from everyday conversations for many reasons. Women of all races and social levels are victims of violence in the home. There are
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continuously toward men. (Close your eyes) Domestic violence ‚ what is the first image that appears in your head‚ if it is of a man abusing a woman you have just stereotyped. For men are the ones that suffer the most at the hands of domestic violence as about two in five of all victims of domestic violence are men. which is contradicting a widespread impression that it is almost always women who are left battered and bruised . As the media discretely portrays women as weak and vulnerable and men being
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Running Head: DOMESTIC violence and women It should not hurt to be a Woman: The impact of domestic violence on health. In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Nursing 350 “Just tell the nurse you slipped and fell. It starts to sting as it starts to swell. She looks at you she wants the truth‚ it’s right outside in the waiting-room with those hands looking just as sweet as he can…” (Nickleback‚ 2002). It should not hurt to be a
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