Intimate Partner Violence

Statistic’s have suggested violence is perpetrated against women in almost half of all marriages (Domestic Violence).Statistic’s gathered from 1994 indicate domestic violence causes almost 100,000 days of hospitalization, 30,000 emergency room visits, 40,000 trips to the doctor every year, and 50% of all homeless woman and their children are fleeing domestic violence( Domestic Violence).

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in almost all the societies in the world. It is an issue which was not even recognised as a crime 40 years ago and is still not recognized as a crime by many societies. Women suffer from violence, including physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological violence by strangers and their partners all over the world (Kaya, 2010). Even though it is a worldwide occurrence, there are some women who face more intense and frequent violence depending on their culture, country, religion,

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This began to change in the 1980s, as women’s groups were organized locally and internationally to demand attention to the physical, psychological, and economic abuse of women (p.369-370). Domestic violence is a serious social issue that happens to many women in our world today. This type of abuse is not declining but continually rising on a daily basis. There have been issues in the past with the way these cases were being handled. Today, there has been some improvement concerning the laws that have been enforced in order to protect women from this type of abuse. There has been extensive research done on this issue in the past concerning domestic violence. Over the last ten years there have been a number of surveys on domestic violence that have been published from around the world.

With 53.8% of black women experiencing psychological aggression by an intimate partner, it can be considered the most common form of abuse as of 2011 (Breiding et al.

To begin with, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has been around for a very long time and it is still a present issue in the United States. There are many forms intimate partner violence such as, sexual, physical, emotional, and psychological. IPV occurs among all religious, socioeconomic, and cultural groups in the United States and other countries. As many people know intimate partner violence tends to come with consequences after the damage is done to the victim. Intimate partner violence does not just happen out of nowhere where the perpetrator thinks they have the right to be violent towards their spouse. The issue of IPV is connected to the cycle of violence in ways that it gives you an idea as to why the perpetrator thinks they have the right to hit the victim. In many cases not only do they think they have the right to due such thing but also feel like they have control over their spouse and have a mindset that they own them and will do anything just to keep them. Often the perpetrators feel guilty for being violent towards their loved ones that they come to a point of being apologetic and doing anything in their power to keep them. This author believes that intimate partner violence is a big issue and for many victims it is hard for them to escape the relationship. The victims go through so much in staying in the relationship that once they decide to definitely leave the relationship they end up suffering consequences and seeking available resources to

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In this article, I will focus on the circumstances surrounding the IPV in the US, some aspects of emotional/verbal IPV, prevention of IPV, and treatment options. According to CDC, millions of Americans experience IPV across the lifespan (2017). It is a serious public health problem that can be prevented. IPV is highly prevalent in the US, and 1 in 4 adult women have experienced severe physical violence (CDC, 2017). Besides, over 3 million women report cases of IPV yearly. The main reasons for the persistency and subsequent damaging outcomes are because susceptible female partners accept male partner violence, marital attitudes that accept violence in a relationship, poor communication skills, and poor conflict management techniques. Likewise,

The abusers are often known to have very low self-esteem and not take any responsibility for their behaviors; in most scenarios the abusers blame the victims for causing the violence. Abusers

Intimate partner violence starts with emotional abuse and every so often advances to physical or sexual battering. Several Factors cause abuse such as: a sense of control or power on someone life, low self-esteem, fury concerning women, poverty,

Spousal abuse of men is underestimated in today 's society. Men are perceived as ‘tough and strong ' and able to protect themselves. When a male contacts the authorities, they are not taken seriously or ridiculed for not being able to ‘handle’ their intimate partner whereas more emphasis is placed on spousal abuse of women due to the perception of them as vulnerable in society. Men often dominate woman with brutal force. Female

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The definition of domestic violence is highly dependent on the setting that it is applied too. Let us go a step farther and add, the definition is contingent on the culture in which it is referred to. The US Department of Justice defines domestic violence as “abusive behavior in any relationship, it can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions designed to intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound. (U.S. Dept of Justice 2014)” Cultural norms researched for this paper, that would be considered violent and or domestic violence in the culture of the United States, would not be classified as violent behaviors in the cultures of Malawi and South Asia. Domestic violence, by perception and definition, although categorized differently by culture, doesn’t change the fact that the most vulnerable are at risk.