Current Controversies On Family Violence Summary

Violence against women within the family is an ongoing issue. Marital rape is a very serious form of intimate violence. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the definition for marital rape is defined as, “sexual intercourse forced on a women by her husband, knowingly against her will.” (Oxford University Press). However, the legal definition varies from state to next; marital rape is commonly defined as unwanted penetration or intercourse (oral, anal, or vaginal) taken by force and/or threat of force when a wife does not give consent (Roberts and Roberts). Research on the topic of marital rape has generally included couples who are separated, legally married, divorces, or have been involved in long-term relationships.

When most people hear the phrase sexual abuse we all have a tendency to assume the victim is a female. It is only a myth that males are not sexually assaulted, or that it only happens in while incarcerated. Sexual assaults can happen to anyone no matter their age, sex, orientation, or even identity. In fact, in between 9-10% of all male rape survivors outside of prisons are male and 16% of men have experienced sexual abuse before the age of 18. These reports are only an estimate because most male survivors of sexual abuse will either never report it or they encounter barriers while trying to report it. (Male Survivors of Sexual Assault, 2015) “The U.S. Department of Justice records an average of greater than 12,000 reported sexual assaults of men annually, and predicts that if unreported assaults are included, the actual number of men who are sexually assaulted in the United States each year is approximately 60,000.” (Male Survivors of Sexual Assault, 2015)

Statistics are still proving that men are still known to be the abusers many more times than woman. “In 2007, crimes by intimate partners accounted for 23 percent of all violent crimes against females and 3 percent of all violent crimes against males.” (The National Center for Victims of Crime, 2011) Many may suspect that the reason that it seems like men are less likely to be abused is because of the gender and the masculinity, compared to the body types of women and the fragility. Despite the gender aspects, there are cases of domestic violence when it was individuals of the same sex. Same sex relationships have about the same frequency of occurrences as to heterosexual relationships.

A form of sexual abuse that is not talked or reported as much is, sexual assault of men and boys. “2.78 million men in the U.S. have been victims of sexual assault or rape” (Rainn). Men survivors are less likely to report an assault or rape to the police. The way society visions males, it makes it harder for men to report because they are embarrassed or scared that it happen to them. All victims, regardless the gender, undoubtedly suffer as the result of sexual assault. It is simply not true that women suffer more than men, or rather that men suffer more than women. When young boys are raised, they are taught to be “brave”, “strong” and “tough.” Therefore, it is extremely understandable that a man or boy experiences emotions, such as, loneliness, vulnerability, inadequate, ashamed, etc. “Male victims are extremely hesitant to report such crimes due to the risk of mockery, disbelief, and disdain both from the community and law enforcement who may perceive them as ‘un-masculine’” (Fuchs 98). Being victimized does not mean you lose all your masculinity or physical strength. Certainly, sexual assault or rape is not only an exhibition of physical strength, it is also considered an abusive form of psychological control. This happens so frequently that victims often blame themselves for their attacks. In

This article was written about the child custody and family violence. Multiple guidelines have been set forth by the American Psychological Association (APA) for those conducting forensic evaluations pertinent to child custody cases (Geffner, Conradi, Geis, & Aranda, 2009). There has been a lack of assessing possible family violence within the family when it comes to family custody issues. In a sense that if family violence has occurred then that is not looked at when it comes to deciding how custody was going to be handled between the parents.

A few years ago a child, young, too young to differ good things from bad ones, saw everything as perfect in his small brown eyes. His life perfect, his parents perfect, his room, perfect. But everything was not perfect in his life. Being the small child he was he knew not of the danger of his father, the aggression, abuse, and all around hatred to everything...and everyone. And to the father the prime subject to all of his imperfections was his wife. Now, the wife knew the dangers of the father, she met them firsthand, and tried to ignore all of the pain that the father would inflict, all to keep the son happy. But year by year, as the child began to grow, his vision in which he saw everything as perfect began to wear away. He now saw the dangers of a lot of things such as, knifes, threats...and his father. Some would say the child's sight improved over the years because he know saw

According to our textbook major studies on dating violence found that women are both the victims and perpetrators of physical dating violence at similar rate or higher rate then men. However, whoever starts the violence the women are injured more often and severely when they are victimized by violence (Kindschi,2013).I found this surprising because of the readings, the research, and combined with some of the arrest data I have read for this class the overwhelming support and belief is that domestic violence incidents disproportionately involve male offenders who batter female victims. After all, men are the primary perpetrators of violent crime, and this should also reflect in physical dating violence.

In New York today, there are many social issues occurring. Racism, discrimination against religions, the LGBTQ community, and more. A major issue we have in this state, that not many people recognize, is domestic violence. Domestic violence is the physical, verbal, sexual, or mental abuse between two people in a relationship. Domestic violence is a relevant social issue occurring in New York, but my community and I have ways to put it to an end. Being a woman, I am more endangered of domestic violence than anyone else, a way that I can help stop domestic violence is saying something when I see something.

As stated, children completely develop and become who they are early in life. Therefore, any major events, or off circumstances can permanently affect their personality. The environment at home is very important in a child’s upbringing. Therefore, if abuse is factored into this environment then negative results can occur. The book Family Violence by Debra Goldentyler focuses on various forms of abuse and its affects. One form of abuse commonly overlooked is verbal abuse. It is easy to lash out on children due to stress or other problems. However, this eventually can result in repetitive episodes of verbal abuse. Since children become so emotionally attached and dependent on their parents at such an early age, any negative thing a parent says

The key goals to this research is to improve the awareness of the issue of male abuse and increase the resources and community support. This research aims to increase the awareness of the issue of male abuse by assisting in changing the thought process of individuals to include males as victims. Through this change, males will no longer be marginalized when they admit and report the various types of abuse they encounter. Furthermore, through this research, there is expectation that the increased awareness will in turn create resources and community support such as shelters and support centres predominantly for men. All in all, the main goal is for society to have complete gender equitable laws that include both men and women as victims.

Another main type of domestic violence is physical abuse. Physical abuse is any act of violence that is intended to hurt or harm a partner (“Psych Central Staff”). The abuser will push, punch, kick, grab, choke, slap, damage property or valued items (“Psych Central Staff”). The perpetrator may try to play it off as joking, but joking or not it is a form of abuse and that is against the law.

Domestic Violence is when a partner physically, verbally, emotionally and sexually abuses their intimate partner by exerting power and control over them. Domestic violence occurs in all cultures, races, religions, classes and same sex relationships. There are five main types of domestic violence and they start off less noticeable and become more obvious as the abusive relationship continues: emotional, verbal, technological, sexual, and physical.

What is Domestic Violence? How to help someone that is being abused by their family or intimate partner? What causes someone to want to abused another? These are all very good questions that may be asked. Someone may be dealing with some form of abuse whether it’s getting abused or having to watch someone they love getting abused. Domestic Violence is not something that has to be faced alone, here is a little insite on Domestic Violence and how to help someone being abused or help someone find ways to get through being abused.

Interesting post! I find your post interesting because I did not consider general system theory as a catch all so to speak in terms domestic violence, which basically says family violence is the result of a broken system, hence fix the system and the family will fall into place. I agree if families keep closed boundaries violence will have a less hurtful impact on a child’s adulthood. We can only display behaviour that we have been exposed to culturally and socially. If an individual is raised in a positive home he/she will not be persuaded by the negative influences on the street. Social learning is a prominent model to use when discussing domestic violence and life’s upbringings

If you believe that you are in any kind of abuse relationship, or someone makes you feel anxious or stressed stop it now. If you know someone who is in a abuse relationship speak now and help them before it’s too late like it was for a lot more people. Let’s make a change today. Don’t wait for tomorrow, tomorrow might be too