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There’s different emotions and expression experienced for both parts within a toxic relationship. Next, these moments further exhibit the different emotions that takes place within the relationship. At the time of 2:20 of Moss, there’s a realization that she’s willingly staying in this situation, even though she realizes how unstable it is, because she has truly fallen in love with him and has hope that he’ll change. It’s clear that she does know it’s not right or healthy as shown by elements such as expression and dance but, she’s willing to stay. Regardless of her feelings, there’s also fear there. Most victims are terrified to leave and the statistics support that idea. The amount of times more likely a woman is to be murdered in the few weeks after leaving her abusive partner is seventy times more than at any other time in a relationship. (PROPER CITATION: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/domestic-violence-statistics_n_5959776.html)

The Loving Story The journey that Richard and Mildred Loving took is important for history and for the future of civil rights in the United States. I recently watched the documentary The Loving Story and enjoyed the footage, pictures, and interviews of everyone involved in the Loving v. Virginia case. The documentary addressed the issue of interracial marriage in Virginia in 1967.

The news reporter in the video interviewed the children who witness their mothers getting battered by her boyfriend, or ex – lover. The audio for from the questions asked by the reporter was very troubling to hear about and the things they see and hear. In the video a young girl being interviewed disclosed how she heard her mother’s boyfriend state he was gone to kill her mother first, and then the children. To imagine how the child felt fear for each time the child heard or saw him and when the child did not know where her mother was is very horrific. The specific feeling when a child develops a negative intuition such as when their mother’s life may be in jeopardy, but the fact what if the children are watching is never taken into consideration.

When Leaving Is Not an Option Many women and men seek intimate relationships in order to fill their emotional needs of security, safety and love. Their journey starts off with their loved ones spoiling them with flattering gifts and emotional words. The love they feel is so wonderful and deep that they believe that nothing can come between them. They are so happy and convinced that they will live happily ever after with the one they love. Unfortunately, the fairytale they have dreamt about was only temporary and soon comes to an end. The love story they have ones longed for turns into a horrible nightmare. The emotional words they were once spoiled with turn into howling screams and name-calling. The flattering gifts turn into physical abuse. This relationship is referred to as domestic violence or intimate partner violence. This happens when a partner or significant other declares power, authority and control over the other partner. To maintain this authority and control, the abusive partner uses emotional, physical or sexual abuse over his victim (Alters 27). Victims will desperately look for an exit out of this relationship, but only to be blocked by numerous walls of the despair, fear and misery. Many people are convinced that victims have the option of leaving, but they are too weak and they choose not to. What many people don 't know is, victims of domestic violence have many reasons preventing them from leaving their abusers. In most cases the outcomes of leaving are

Domestic abuse is a startling issue in today’s society, and there are many different forms of it. Domestic abuse is defined as “the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another” [1]. There are numerous forms of domestic abuse, including both physical and emotional violence. Many people who are trapped in these toxic relationships often feel helpless and worthless, and may think they have no way to escape their situation. However, with the right guidance and support, they can free themselves and emerge as a stronger person.

In the video that was assigned to us a woman by the name Tonier “Neen” Cain discussed her life story and the struggles she went through. She was born into a broken family with a mother that was an alcoholic and brutally beat her growing up. She was arrested 83 times and had 66 criminal convictions relating to her addiction. She got pregnant in 2004, and entered into a trauma treatment program. This program began to transform her life and the way she thought about herself. One of the main factors that I felt made her to the lifestyle she picked was the relationship she had with her mother. The mother wanted very little with her and her sense of self worth was greatly harmed because of this occurrence. She would seek to find her mother’s affection

]Deputy district attorney Keith Watanabe started his presentation describing domestic violence from his perspective. He began by giving the example of a case of jealousy and the knife attack by the 40-year-old virgin actor Shelley Malil. Shelley Malil believed his girlfriend was cheating on him so in retaliation he stabbed her 23 times. The importance of this case was the brutality that it inhabited and the recent news that the actor was up for parole but struck down by governor Jerry Brown. After the example of a high-profile case he prosecuted, he gave some definitions of what domestic violence involves and the frustration of recanting victims. He described that victims out of multiple reasons involving the close relationship that they have

In 1979, psychologist Lenore Walker discovered that the majority of abusive relationships follow a similar pattern that cycles itself. This cycle could happen over any period of time but will almost always repeat itself a multitude of times. Lenore Walker’s cycle is not the exact same for all abusive relationships, some are much worse, but many share the same three stages which are tension building, incident, and honeymoon/calm. All three stages are fueled by constant denial from the victim. The cycle of domestic violence is a traumatic psychological sequence that millions of people of many different cultures and nationalities are tragically stuck in.

Domestic violence affects a large amount of relationships in the United States each year. As the times have changed, abuse has become less accepted as a normal occurrence, and society has begun working together to provide awareness towards violence in intimate partner relationships. “Problems of family violence are potentially the

Abuse can come in many forms, including those that we cannot physically see. Intimate partner violence can occur physically, sexually, and psychologically and emotionally. Physical violence includes the use of physical force, such as slapping, hitting, kicking, grabbing, throwing, use of a weapon, and the like, with the intention to cause harm, injure, or kill (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Sexual violence describes violence that uses force to compel a person to engage in sexual activity against their will or ability to decline. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). And lastly, psychological and emotional violence involves harming the victim through the use of threats or coercive tactics such as, but not limited to, humiliating, controlling, isolating, or stalking (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Similarly, there are two major forms of intimate partner abuse: intimate terrorism and situational couple violence (Leone, Lape, and Xu). Intimate terrorism describes a pattern of abuse in which one partner exercises a cycle of continuous power and control over their significant other by means of physical or coercive actions that trap their victim in the relationship while, in contrast, situational couple violence refers to violence that it provoked by a specific conflict (Leone, Lape, and Xu). Overall, it is clear that intimate partner abuse occurs in a variety of ways and to varying degrees of

When looking into the world of intimate partner violence, a major factor involves hearing the victim’s story. Their story can tell people how the abuse occurred and how it is approached by society. The stories can also show similarities within each other. They show the overlooking topics that encompass intimate partner violence, such as power and control and how the abusers achieve it. Throughout the sections, stories show how abuse can affect anyone in a variety of ways.

In recent years the issue of Intimate Partner Violence has gained much attention from researchers and psychologists everywhere. Many attribute this type of violence to the need for individuals to have power and to be in control of those around them. Intimate partner violence is often portrayed in movies and in TV shows. Many movies are exaggerated for entertainment purposes, however Enough directed by Michael Apted and staring Jennifer Lopez is a heart wrenching classic that truly emulates

I love Maury, I am glad the video wasn’t the Jerry Springer show. I am on able to imagine myself in an abusers shoe, but abusers may believe their behavior is normal depending on how they approach conflict. I have been in the victim’s shoes before,however not

Domestic violence victims should leave the perpetrator, who committed violent acts against them is an easy phrase that is commonly used for individuals that has never experienced domestic violence. On average there are approximately twenty people that are abused by an intimate partner per minute, and this alarming statistic affects almost ten million people a year. There many alarming stats about domestic violence, however what is being done for the victims and other family members who options is not as simple as packing their bags and leave in search of a new life. Prior to victims leaving their abuser, if they make it out alive, they are faced with confusing inclinations that may prevent them from finding an escape. Although victims are

The comment tends to still popularize ideas of staying silent about abuse since it should not be anyone else’s business but between the parties that it occurred between. Silence about abuse is what has assisted its perpetuation. A guest on another Fox show seemed to infer in a victim blaming fashion that Janay Rice had provoked Ray Rice and refused to acknowledge gender in the equation even when it was brought up that women are the ones who have a higher prevalence of abuse against them over males (Marcotte, 2014). Reasons Janay Rice has for staying are not simple and cannot be easily placed into a box and labeled there can be many layers of psychological reasons why she stayed and none can be easily explained. Intimate partner violence comprising every layer of someone’s life since the person they are with is part of all of those layers as a result there is not an easy explanation for reasons why woman stay and it is abhorrent to blame the victim when looking at the situation from outside of the