Physical And Psychological And Sexual Abuse

According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The National Institute of Justice, one in four women in the United States has experienced domestic violence during her lifetime (Battered Woman Syndrome, 2012). This type of abuse can be fatal and detrimental to one’s personal growth. When woman are repeatedly abused, they show different signs, symptoms and general characteristics. These characteristics are defined as Battered Woman Syndrome.

A term that is quite often used in today’s society is family violence, more specifically child abuse and spousal abuse. A term that is not heard often is elder abuse, which is unfortunate due to the fact that it is a fairly common occurrence. It was estimated that in 2009, one in ten elderly Americans were victims of elder abuse within the previous year (Acierno, 2010). Even though elder abuse is prevalent here in America, it is seldom that this phenomenon is actually discussed.

The standards of women and their rights have changed vastly over the years. In the 1800’s women were subject to whatever treatment a man felt necessary. Self-defense was not heard of and women did not dare stand up for themselves. In the modern age of today women have the right to be treated just like everyone else is, with respect. Although women have more rights in today’s society and have the right to stand up for themselves that does not mean abuse does not happen. Shocking statistics show that 1 woman is beaten by their partner approximately every 15 seconds in the United States alone and 1 and 3 women who are victims of homicide were murdered by their abusive partner. There are many laws against spousal abuse and abuse against women in general. Once the laws are put into action then comes the legal defense used in court. Battered Woman Syndrome is a physiological condition just like depression or mental insanity. It is a real condition that women suffer from because of long term periods of physical, physiological, and emotional abuse by there loved ones typically spouses. Many debates come from the topic of BWS and whether it should be a legal defense in court or not. Battered Woman Syndrome is a condition that is severe and should be accepted as a legal defense in court just as every other physiological defense is. Battered woman syndrome (BWS) is a mental disorder that develops in victims of domestic

Sexual assault has no constraints as to age or gender, race, or incapacitation. The sexual action involved in an assailment can be unwanted physically contacting, prehending, and sexual intercourse. Women are more liable to be involved with sexual assault. “Examples of how woman are coerced into boffing includes being capitalized on by someone who has an form of ascendancy over them, manipulated into sexual activity against their will, and unable to give consent because one is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.” A sizably voluminous-scale study conducted on several college campuses found that one of every five women reported that they had been ravished in their lifetime. “The National Malefaction Victimization Survey estimated that one moiety of a million (or 500,000) sexual assaults occurred in the U.S. in one year, from 1992 to 1993. Of those assaults, about three of ten were consummated ravishes and an adscititious three of ten were endeavored ravishes.” After being sexually assaulted woman they may not accept what has transpired to them, this reaction is more mundane among women who are assaulted by someone they ken. Effects that women have after being sexually assaulted includes: Major Depressive Disorder, Exasperation, Shame/culpability, Convivial quandaries, Sexual quandaries, and Alcohol/drug use. Virtually all (94 out of 100)

Did you know that men could also be abused ? Some people do not believe that men do not get abused because they are supposed to be strong willed men. At a young age the boy may start experience abuse from their father or mother, secondly the most common abuser would be the wife. In the article “Women as the Abuser” written by Kimberly Taylor said that when she interviews a group women who were the sole the abuser, that majority of them did not use nonphysical tactics (Taylor). Men also have a hard time coming forward about the abuse because he knows that no one would believe him all just because he is a man. Men do not have the same laws that protects them from abused like the women do. For example, if you see a man beat on a woman, people

Violence against women is global issue, yet it is profound in the deepest shadows of our conscience. It’s difficult to imagine this concept because it became part our natural environment; it happens so frequently we do not observe it as a serious issue anymore. Silence and denial against the abuse produces dominance on the male figure and emotional scars to the victim. According to the text, “So much water, so close to home” by Raymond Carver, to bear social witness is to become a part of an event, affected by it and compelled to bring it to light.

The CDC reports that nearly half of all men and women in the United States have been psychologically abused by a romantic partner, while around a quarter of women and 1 in 7 men have been physically abused [2]. This is a dramatic difference from areas like the United Kingdom, where 8.2% of women and 4% of men have been abused [3] One in three people experience abuse by a romantic partner by the age of eighteen [4]. In 2015, 87% of hospitalized abuse victims in New York state were women, and were admitted more often than male victims [5]. This can likely be partially attributed to traditional gender roles, which assume that men are “stronger” than women and are “weak” if they are hurt by a woman.

The chapter outlines nonphysical consequences of physical abuse, and the first thing that is mentioned is that abused children tend to have intellectual problems. If the children are being assessed on intellectual abilities through their academic success, can we really tell if there is a difference in intellect? The children could instead be less motivated and less willing to put forth the same effort as children that were not in abusive situations. Another question that I had while reading the chapter was whether or not there is a link between childhood physical abuse and the development of Alzheimer’s later in life. Abused children can develop depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, aggressive behaviors, and some even repress the memories. For those

The two types of abuse I will be looking at will be physical and Emotional/Psychological abuse as they both differ from each other. I will be looking at two different case studies where one will be looking at the physical abuse and then the other case study will be different and look at the emotional/psychological abuse.

Two types of abuse, physical and psychological abuse, are connected; even if both forms of abuse are not used at one specific time. Psychological and physical abuse are connected because psychological abuse often follows physical abuse; “People can intentionally abuse people without physically abusing them. But I also think that when people physically abuse, I think mental abuse just always goes with it.” (Sears 1195). This quote symbolizes one person speaking for many; they are saying abuse is produced and continued by both partners. Both types of abuse are scaring, and will leave an impact, despite efforts on eliminating these effects.

Abusive and emotional abuse was the main concern as well as substance abuse issues. My aunt got married and her husband seemed great at the time, at least to me but to others, he was worth nothing. After time went on, their family started changing because of his ways of going about life. Like every relationship, they fought. Simple arguments here and there but eventually his temper would get out of control. During the fights, he would mentally and emotionally drain her while eventually turning this anger into

Imagine a situation, when the husband returns very tired and upset from work. He is tired because of the difficulties and annoying boss from his work. Also worried because something is wrong with his car and about the bills he has to pay by the end of the month, he understands that everything is on him. When he gets back, he sees that the dinner is not ready yet and also hears from his wife that about children’s low grades and their misbehavior at school, so he’s out of his mood and starts yelling and beating the children. After a few seconds, a woman tries to convince him not to, and falls under his hand as well, resulting in a quarrel of the whole family and tears of a woman. Women abuse is a very broad topic discussed and practiced in today’s society. Violence towards females can happen by a stranger attack, but more often it happens from the people they are close to. Abuse in its very essence is a manifestation of the destructive desire to control and have power over another human being. Male violence against women is a desire to feel complete control over a human being that for ages has been seen as a “weak gender”. Therefore, violence becomes the way of proving that a man really belongs to a male gender and therefore, women have to “knuckle under” him. Abusive man can use different styles starting with a strictly verbal abuse and end with a physical batterer. Today 's both violence and abuse can cause a physical, as well, as emotional types of pain, for different

The issue of child abuse and neglect is serious, controversial, and is escalating in today’s society. Many people are not aware, but child abuse is rampant in our society. Many child abuse and neglect cases go unreported because a person may not know the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect or perhaps the person or person may feel that this is an private issue and needs to be handle with in the home and no outsiders should be involved. Without the proper awareness of child abuse and neglect and the involvement of everyone this issue will continue to raise our eyebrows.

There are many forms of child abuse. Not only can children be physically abused, but they are also in danger of experiencing sexual abuse. In the more recent years, child sexual abuse has come to the attention of a larger part of society. As such, it is becoming more openly discussed. Child sexual abuse is a growing problem, and the stories that have begun to circulate around the world work to illustrate just how serious the problem is. Despite what society is lead to believe, the sexual abuse of a child is the least common out of all forms of child abuse. Out of the different types of child abuse, neglect is the most common, followed by physical abuse, and then sexual abuse comes at the bottom. Still, of all the cases of child abuse reported to and substantiated by authorities, approximately 15% of them concerned sexual abuse. ). It is possible that there are more cases of child sexual abuse, however, and they simply are not being reported. Due to the number of undisclosed cases of child abuse, researchers have conducted various prevalence studies over the years to determine the true number of sexual abuse of children. These studies have determined that around 20% of women and 5-10% of men in America in were sexually abused as children. A great deal of controversy surrounds the number of male victims of child sexual abuse, due to a lack of quality studies. The problem with prevalence studies is that they don 't all share the same definition of abuse, nor do they share

Have you ever wondered what effects abuse can have on a child? The effects abuse can have on a child is very serious. Children can obtain serious problems from child abuse. They can develop social problems, depression, and anxiety. There are four types of abuse: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Physical abuse can injure a child severely.