Domestic Violence
Although includes sibling abuse and elder abuse, and child abuse the
focus of my essay is on spouse abuse. has many names; family violence,
battering, wife beating, and domestic abuse. All these terms refer to the same thing, abuse by a
marital, common law, or a dating partner in an intimate relationship. is not
limited to physical beatings. It is any behaviour that is intended to subjugate and control another
human being through the use of humiliation, fear, and physical or verbal assaults. Domestic
violence is very important issue in today's society because it has such a profound negative affect
on the abused, mentally and physically, and more needs to be done to help the ...
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been the most
common victim. In Roman times, a man was allowed to divorce, chastise, or even kill his wife
for adultery, attending public games, or public drunkenness. All of which the husband was
allowed to freely partake in. During the middle ages it was mans right to beat his wife or kill her
for so much as giving her husband a dirty look. The first recorded advocates against domestic
violence were two author by names of Christian Pizan and Mary Wollstonecraft. Even though
the issue was being publicized, no action was ever taken until the 1840's when the American
women's movement brought up the issue while fighting for the right to vote. No state in the U.S
actually passed a law making wife beating illegal until 1883. Although laws were passed to
make it illegal, none were strictly enforced. Even up until the 1970's, wife beating was still fairly
acceptable. The police most often would attend calls of domestic violence but would leave
things to be ...
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the abuse; unemployment, drugs and alcohol,
different religious back rounds, low income levels, and lower education levels and simply
different points of view.. None of these factors are not meant to be excuses, they are simply
factors that come up in domestic violence cases time and time again.
Types of Abuse/Psychology of domestic violence
When domestic violence occurs there is several different types of abuse that take place. The first
is physical violence. Physical violence includes slapping, kicking, burning, punching, choking,
locking a person out of the home, restraining, and other acts designed to injure, endanger, or
cause physical pain. The second type is ...
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