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ENG 1301
Melissa Trevizo
Running Head: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2
Abstract
Domestic violence against women is a real and very serious problem that is
problem. The result for violence against women can have fatal outcomes for the victim.
Domestic violence breaks down in two major abuse it can be verbal or physical. Also
they are a lot of unreported cases of domestic violence because women are afraid to talk
about it. For more specific cases in countries like Cambodia, Bangladesh, Nicaragua,
India and western countries that suffers this violence with different ideas and cultures.
But changing norms and with the creations of programs for the support and creating
conscience in people.
Introduction
Is a problem that a lot of people ignores and also very common in all cultures,
domestic violence also known as intimate partner violence that can occur in many forms.
It is a global issue that is increasing through out the years, reaching across national
boundaries but also is a socio economic, cultural, racial and class distinctions. They are a
lot reasons why domestic violence happens and brings a lot of very serious consequences
for the victims. Violence is a pattern of repeated behaviors that the abuser uses to gain the
respect, power and control over the victim. People needs to see this problem in a serious
way and do not be afraid, the three main violence that a victim can suffer is physical,
sexual and psychological. This report will cover the cause, statistics, health consequences
and preventions.
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An estimated that about 25% of women experience domestic violence or also known as
intimate partner violence over their lifetime. Women suffer any kind of abuse during
tend to see domestic violence especially against women like something common that idea
comes with inequality. Reason of why this violence happens most of the time is because
of a man, it can be the husband, boyfriend, stranger and etc. but also family can create
even an object. Another important fact is that the abuse also starts when the partner in this
case the abuser needs to control and dominate the women because low self-esteem,
jealousy, divorce, alcohol, marital problems, and anger or just feeling inferior of the
victim. With the time the abuser creates fear in the victim making the abuse to be seeing
like something normal or just to not cause more conflict. In other cases the victim in this
case women sacrifices for her childrens she prefer to be physical abused and not her
childrens and basically she receives all the anger that the abuser wants to relief. The
victim never has to justify the actions of the abuser but she needs to do something about
Statistics
The domestic violence in Bangladesh varies with 30% and 50%; women were
verbally abused 66.8% and by other family 23.7% also verbal abuse was frequent during
pregnancy 47.9% and women were physical hitting by husband were injured for almost
78.3% of the cases. In Nicaragua especially in Leon and Managua focused specifically in
this two places and the studies were higher in Leon was 52% and in Managua the study
was 69% noticing that the violence against women start increasing. 25% of women
experience violence in western countries and most of the cases are unreported. In this
extensively, violence
because they have a different cultural norms that are extremely wrong. The last one is in
Cambodia is incredible how 2,074 married women experience abuse especially physical
and psychological violence, and very interesting fact is that in Cambodia women
experience domestic violence since early life making a cycle their father beating their
mother and now their husband beating her making it a cycle that never ends.
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Health Consequences
Domestic violence or intimate partner and sexual violence have serious short and
long term it can be physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health problems for the
victims. Sexual violence can lead to unwanted pregnancy, abortions and sexual
problem with alcohol. Health effects can also includes headaches, back pain, abdominal
pain, chronic pelvic pain and poor overall health. Sexual violence in particular in
childhood can lead the increase of smoking, drug and alcohol later in life.
Preventions
conscience in people but first in the victims including primary prevention, stopping it
from happening in the first place. Promoting communication and relationship programs
with couples to work out problems. Reduce access to, and harmful use of alcohol and
also try to change cultural gender norms for the benefit of women. End with
discrimination against women and develop gender equality and support women.
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Conclusion
In conclusion, women need to start speaking off if they are suffering of any kind
of violence especially domestic violence that breaks down in sexual, physical and
psychological. Because is a problem that already is consider worldwide and that is not the
only problem here also that is increasingly a lot, so this mean more and more women are
suffering of abuse. The statistics are very high even though there are a lot of cases
unreported. Domestic violence is not only womens issue is also a community problem.
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