Domestic Violence Research Paper

Domestic Violence 1 Abstract Domestic violence can lead to many aspects of only physical but mental and emotional stress. This paper reviewed several research articles about domestic violence. Domestic violence, also referred to as intimate partner violence, against men and women is happening far more than what is being report to the police. Research studies have confirmed that society’s traditional view of males as the stronger sex and females as the weaker counterpart do contribute to cause of unreported violence against male and female victims. The type of questions that would be answered in this research paper is; Do women get away with domestic violence toward men? Does your partner blame you for his or her own abusive behavior? Does he or she see you as property or sex object rather than a person? Is your partner hurting you or threatening to hurt or kill you? How many women are kilt every 2 year because of domestic violence? What increases our risk for domestic violence today? Do women get away with domestic violence toward men? Most people involved in a domestically violent 3 relationship would say yes. People who are abused feel there is no way out because they depend on their partner a great deal. People continue to put up with verbal and physical abuse and learn coping mechanisms to survive. Also, due to the history of domestic violence, it is viewed as acceptable behavior and not an imminent threat to society. Domestic violence is a behavior used by one person in a relationship to control the other. It isn’t just hitting, or fighting, or an occasional mean argument. It’s chronic abuse of power. The abuser tortures and controls the victim by calculated threats, intimidation, and physical violence. It is causing physical or mental harm to a family or household member or placing a family or household member in fear of physical or mental harm. Physical violence is not always the case when it comes to Domestic violence. Emotional abuse is used commonly and involves a pattern of verbal abuse, threatening actions, manipulation, and 4 criticism to name a few. A demanding person controls emotional abuse where he or she blames the partner for their abusive behavior, which makes the aggressor more powerful. The emotional abuser consistently says or does things to emotionally control the abused. Sexual abuse takes place when the abused is forced to have sex when he or she does not wish to participate. Even if that person is married that does not give him or her the right to force a sexual act upon that individual. Although there are many different categories of Domestic violence such as: child abuse, sibling abuse, elderly abuse, and spousal abuse. Today there is a lot more women being abused, and it does not get the attention it should. As I research, I believe that women are more likely to become victims of intimate partner violence than men in general. There are 4,774,000 women in the United States who experience domestic violence by an intimate partner every year. From 2003 to the 5 present, men have killed 18,000 women in a domestic violence instance. Ending a marriage is never easy, even if the divorce is mutually agreed upon. Domestic violence does not end with separation. Over 70 percent of the women injured in domestic violence cases are injured after a separation occurs. Domestic violence against men can also lead to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Study shows that women who assault their male partners are more likely to avoid arrest even if the male victim contacts the authorities. The reason for this, it is assumed the male can protect himself from his female partner. Women violence is not dangerous unless the female assaults someone other than her partner. There are different levels in the violence cycle; it starts with tension, which causes stress. The second level is physical violence when the abuser loses control and is violent to the victim. The third level would be when the violence stops, 6 the abuser becomes apologetic and ask for forgiveness, and of course tell the victim they will never do it again. As a result, the victim forgives them because they are afraid, or they think the individual will change the abusive behavior or there is no way out. Laura Davies quote “Many survivors insist they’re not courageous. ‘If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse. If I were courageous I wouldn’t be scared’...Most of us have it mixed up, you don’t start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear.” Which is a true statement, if less people fought and build each other up there would be no such thing as domestic violence. Because they have the courageous to know he or she deserves better. Domestic violence is a topic that you could talk about for a long time and will continue that way until we make a change. It is a large issue that has not been solved. After reading these research 7 articles, I have come to believe that many abusers lack the coping skills necessary to deal with life’s frustrations. While domestic violence is prevalent in society there are ways in which we can help alleviate the problem and try to put a stop to it before we those we love are hurt. Is the world ready to change it? As it stands today I do not believe it is ready. Society will continue to ignore one of the issues in United States.