Domestic Violence
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Domestic Violence
Often an abuser always denies or minimizes the seriousness of the violence and how it affects the victim and/or any other family member. An abuser usually sees the victim as their property or sexual object. They also will try to appear successful but in reality they feel inadequate. Since they feel defeated by society, they are need to have some kind of control and power so they take it out on their partner.
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Many people define violence differently because there are many different types of violence. Violence is a general concept which defines as a behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. Although Domestic Violence is just a type of violence, it is still define similarly. Domestic Violence is not specific to a gender; both men and women can commit an act of violence. Women are more likely to be assaulted, injured, raped, and/or killed by male predators.This is one of the leading causes of destruction of property, psychological and emotional abuse, and physical and sexual assault. In the United States, many acts have been passed by congress as an attempt to recognize the importance of social problems by governmental and nongovernmental agencies. Public awareness campaigns educate the public about specific issues and also encourage people to take action and end abuse. Domestic violence can happen regardless of their age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or nationality. Many people believe that emotional and psychological abuse is the same thing or sometimes even worse than physical abuse. It is also not easy to determine if a person is going to be abusive and aggressive in the early stages. The behaviors of the early stages begin with name-calling, threats, possessiveness, or distrust. It is frequent that most abusers apologize and try convince their partner that they will change and not do it again. Multiple victims don’t always escape their abuser, tries to terminate the relationship or seek for help because they are afraid that the abuser will continue to stalk, harass, threaten, and still try to control the victim after the escape. Statistics prove that ⅓ of homicide victims with restraining orders are murdered within two days of obtaining the order. Also, ⅓ are murdered within the first month.
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