The Problem Of Domestic Violence
A problem has become known and to many, they feel that it's about
time that the general public has taken notice. This problem has been a
taboo for centuries and in the mid nineties it has chosen to let itself be
known, the problem that I am talking about is domestic violence, it has
ruined families, and demoralized the victims for years and now because of
the "trial of the century" we finally are allowed to discuss it in detail,
without fear of reprisal, now we get to familiarize ourselves with it and
eventually after we get to know all about it we can, through treatment, get
rid of it. In this paper, I will discuss problems with the so called
epidemic of domestic violence.
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one it didn't just happen overnight, it has just been popularized
overnight, domestic violence has been going on from as far back as anyone
can remember and probably farther than that, and two, this is not affecting
many people at the same timem, because, as I've stated before, "in most
families men and women do not engage in physically abusive behavior". If
you as the reader gets anything out of this paper, it is important to me as
the writer, that you find that, while domestic violence is a major problem
for some families, it is by no means an epidemic.
The major reason domestic violence has become so widespread over
the last couple of years is because of the O. J. Simpson trial, as one
person put it "the O. J. Simpson case would do for domestic violence what
Anita Hill did for sexual harassment" (Domestic V.). The trial of the
century brought a much needed attention to a issue that for too long was
pushed to the back burner; domestic violence was a major issue in the ...
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abused, physically, or made to feel inferior by someone else and now he
is taking it out on the person who he feel he can beat, his significant
other. After all is said and done we must remember that the ultimate
choice to become an abuser was made by the person himself, but like the
alcoholic and the compulsive gambler with "intensive" treatment they can be
helped to control their problem.
It's weird and even sad that with "over 4 million domestic assaults
on women last year" (Domestic V. for B.) it took the O. J. Simpson trial to
finally illustrate the problem that some families have problems and a
problem that caused "2000-4000 women killed each year" (Family V.). When
we as the ...
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