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Domestic Violence

Farhin Monir & Santina Polacco

The social issue that we have picked to research about is domestic


violence. Domestic violence is aggressive behaviour within the home,
typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner.
Domestic violence can happen to anyone, but no one does anything
about it. It is often overlooked, excused, or denied. 1 in four women will
experience domestic violence in their lifetime. No one should live in fear of
the person they love.
Domestic violence is used for one purpose, to gain and maintain total control
over you. Their behaviour often originates from a sense of entitlement which
is often supported by sexist, racist, homophobic and other discriminatory
attitudes. Sexual assault or forced sex occurs in approximately 40-45% of

abusive relationships. Signs of domestic violence are when one uses fear,
guilt, shame, and intimidation to another. The abuser will threaten, hurt, or
hurt those around the victim.
As everyone knows domestic violence does not discriminate; it
happens among heterosexual and homosexual couple. It can occur within all
age ranges, ethnic backgrounds, and economic levels. While women are
more commonly victimized men are also abused especially verbally and
emotionally, although sometimes even physically as well. The bottom line is
that abusive behaviour is never acceptable, whether its coming from a man,
a woman, a teenager, or an older adult.
This is how domestic abuse escalates first it starts off with threats and
verbal abuse, from threats it then escalates to physical abuse. People
assume that physical abuse is more damaging compared to verbal abuse but
the damage from verbal abuse is more severe. Verbal abuse can put the
victim down can also lead to anxiety, depression and isolation.
These are the steps to domestic violence.
1) Abuse Your abusive partner lashes out with aggressive, belittling, or violent
behavior. The abuse is a power play designed to show you "who is boss."
2) Guilt After abusing you, your partner feels guilt, but not over what he's
done. Hes more worried about the possibility of being caught and facing
consequences for his abusive behaviour.
3) Excuses Your abuser rationalizes what he or she has done. The person may
come up with a string of excuses or blame you for the abusive behaviour
anything to avoid taking responsibility.

4) "Normal" behaviour The abuser does everything he can to regain control


and keep the victim in the relationship. He may act as if nothing has
happened, or he may turn on the charm. This peaceful honeymoon phase
may give the victim hope that the abuser has really changed this time.
5) Fantasy and planning Your abuser begins to fantasize about abusing you
again. He spends a lot of time thinking about what youve done wrong and
how he'll make you pay. Then he makes a plan for turning the fantasy of
abuse into reality.
6) Set-up Your abuser sets you up and puts his plan in motion, creating a
situation where he can justify abusing you.
We were drawn into this particular social issue about domestic violence
because we believe that abuse to others is not right. We were also drawn
into this issue because we know people who personally have to deal with
domestic violence. No one should live in a household where you do not have
control over yourself. People should not feel like they live in a cage or in
isolation, they should have freedom and speak their mind. We believe it is
sad to see someone go through emotional and physical abuse. We wanted to
talk about this topic because we want to bring out awareness to this social
issue of domestic violence as many victims usually keep quiet of their
struggles.
We have chosen to pick this healthy vs unhealthy relationship image
because we feel that this picture it sums up the whole meaning of domestic
violence. On the left side on the picture they should how a healthy
relationship should be. It shows that the women was loved and is given

freedom and properly cared for. Unlike the right side of the picture it show
the unhealthy relationship, it shows that the women is controlled and
mistreated and abuse by also men.

We also picked this image because

there is a twisted in this image. The twisted is even though both females look
alike we can perceive everyone in society to look like the girl on left side of
the picture, you think that they look fine and everything is good with them.
But really we dont know what they are going through which is seen on the
right side on the image.
Sociological Perspectives:
Feminists focus on gender inequality which is built into the social
structure. Feminist would take action to this social issue of domestic violence
because majority of the targets are female. The feminist theory in domestic
violence

emphasizes

gender

and

power

inequality

in

heterosexual

relationships. Feminists would focus on the violence and aggression men use
against women. An explain for the feminists perspective is men are trying to
control their partner and this It shows that men are more in power. Many
men are very possessive therefore will not allow their spouse to go out and
enjoy life and if the female disobeys there will be consequences. In other
situations the man in the breadwinner, bring food to the table, bring in
money to pay bills; therefore the female may not be able to leave their
husband because they cannot survive without him. This explains why
feminists want to be involved with this social issue because there are a lot of
men who are in control therefore this shows power inequality between the
opposite-sex relationships.

The solutions that are been made to solve domestic violence problems are contacting a
crisis center or shelter for information and support and attend a domestic violence survivor
support group and seek counselling or even go to a shelter or stay with family or friends but the
best thing to do is take legal action. 1.3 million women are survivors of domestic violence each
year and 85% of domestic violence survivors are women.
There is a shelter that is called House of Ruth and they are great with dealing with
domestic violence. House of Ruth has been providing life-saving domestic violence services
since 1977. Participation in House of Ruth programming is open to all battered women and
children. Many of House of Ruths services are available in both Spanish and English and are
free of charge. They dont discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, disability,
ancestry, religion, national origin, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or sexual
orientation. There services are divided into the following residential Programs which are
Emergency and Transitional Shelter, Childrens Programs, Counselling, Community Services,
Prevention and Outreach. They also provide comprehensive case management, ongoing
education for minor children, and assistance with access to healthcare. In addition, House of
Ruth provides transitional housing for up to two years and a counselling program for children
exposed to violence in their homes, communities, or schools. Another example of a Women
shelter is a place called Need a Place to Stay. A woman would call their help line when they
notice signs of domestic abuse, if they feel their life is being threatened or in danger they can
stay in this shelter.
Domestic violence happens all around the world, no matter where you are. This type of
violence is very serve and it causes damage to women.

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Healthy vs Unhealthy Relationships

References
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