Violence Double Standards

For centuries domestic violence has been perceived as a private matter private of which the government has not been concerned about nor was it considered the government’s business to intervene on behalf of a battered spouse. The unlawful nature of this failure for state or federal government intervention against this crime contributed to the systematic abuse of women in the family. The traditions, customs, and common law found in both British and American societies continued right up until the last decade of the 20th century and left the battered wives and very frequently, her children, at the mercy of the husband. It wasn’t until the 1990’s when the government began to do something to protect mothers, wives, and lovers from intimate

Domestic violence, alternatively referred to as Intimate Partner Violence, is defined by the Department of Justice as “a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner.” While domestic violence is commonly thought of as only physical or sexual abuse, domestic violence can also be emotional, economic, or psychological. Domestic violence has remained constant in society throughout history, even though over time society’s response to the issue has changed. While domestic violence affects everyone regardless of race, gender, age, etc. it is estimated that approximately 90% of all victims are women. For the purpose of this paper, I will be focusing on

Domestic violence is skyrocketing in our society. In the U.S., as many as 1.5 million women and 850,000 men were physically assaulted by their intimate partner last year, and numerous children abused by their parents. These sad criminal acts will continue to grow in our society, unless our community takes action to stop these crimes.

The United States has a long history of domestic violence. Nearly six million American women will be battered by their spouses every year (United Way, 1998). Tradition gives men the right to control their family including their wife. Violence

the ages of 11 and 20 are in jail for murdering their mothers abuser. Also

Domestic Violence (DV) is a critical social issue that negatively impacts not only our own culture in America but as well as all other cultures around the world. Domestic Violence is a global issue reaching across national boundaries as well as socio-economic, cultural, racial and class distinctions (Kaur & Garg 2008). Domestic Violence is a serious problem that can be seen around every society from families of both developed and underdeveloped countries and of different backgrounds. Although there are various cases of domestic violence against men, children and the elderly; women account for the majority percentage of victims of Domestic Violence. This violence can take the form of physical assault, psychological abuse, financial abuse or sexual assault (Kaur & Garg 2008). Domestic Violence is a trend that is on the rise and will continue to plague our society if nothing is done on time to address this social issue.

The reason people do not report violence is because they did not know that what they were experiencing was a form of domestic or sexual harassment. They were being harassed but did not know it. Some people do not report because they depend on the offender for financial support, shelter and resources. Majority of people do not report because they want to avoid the shame and being humiliated that they’re being abused. Some fear to report because they do not have much family and friends to support them after breaking up with the spouse. Some fear that the spouse will become more violent and aggressive is she/he leaves and so they do not leave because of being ‘loyal’ and loving the partner too

Domestic violence used to be considered a private family matter and was not considered a societal problem until feminists in the 70's started pushing the matter. Beginning in the 1970’s, social policy toward female victims of domestic assaults focused on improving legal response and

According to statistics found by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Every nine seconds a woman is abused by her husband or intimate partner. At least 1 in every 4 women and 1 in every 9 men have been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in their lifetime. Most often the abuser is one of their own family. Domestic violence is a problem that somehow affects every one of us in this room at some time and is actually the leading cause of injury to women -- more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined.

In recent discussions of domestic violence, a controversial issue has been whether men victims deserve the same protection rights as women victims in domestic violence cases. On one hand, some argue that men victims do deserve the same protection as women victims. From this perspective, men as well as women are equally victimized by violence. On the one hand, however, some argue that men victims should not be equally helped as women victims. Those who support this viewpoint believe that since a majority of men are not victims that it isn’t fair to treat them the same as women. Though some may argue that men victims should not be treated equally as women victims, men can equally be capable of being victims in domestic violence cases.

The number of cases involving battered woman was finally brought to the forefront during the 1970’s. As a result, numerous mandatory policies and procedures have been put into place by law enforcement agencies in attempts to rectify the criminal justice systems failed attempts to respond to domestic violence issues. However, these new policies and procedures have also become criticized for their unintended negative consequences on victims of intimate partner violence.

Because society has this view and perception of men as being dominant, in control, the breadwinner/bread maker, and wanting power, it might just explain why men tend to face difficulties when it comes to seeking help for domestic violence.

Domestic Violence is sometimes a silent battle that is brought to someone’s attention in time. Domestic violence comes in all different forms of abuse there is the physical, verbal, sexual, psychological, emotional, economically, and economically abuse, that became unknown forms of abuse. It goes unknown because the law only convicts domestic violence for physical abuse and give treatment for it and mental abuse. Not talking about domestic violence and the forms of abuse associated with it have gone on for a very long time. People are uneducated on what domestic violence consist of, so they do not realize the danger that lies ahead and they are currently in. Most of the time people are educated when it is too late, they have

Every single day millions of people are affected by domestic violence. People around us, people we see every single day. Most people with a heart know that abusing someone is wrong and they would never think of doing anything like that. As time has passed people have started to believe that domestic violence is no longer a problem. They think that domestic violence is a problem from the past and current penalties have kept it from being a major problem. Although awareness of domestic violence has improved in the last decade, violence in relationships has not abated. Therefore, the legal punishment for domestic violence should be harsher.

Social norms and beliefs about traditional gender roles shape attitudes and can be intergenerationally transmitted (Tran, Nguyen, & Fisher, 2016, p. 2). For hundreds of years there was a widespread acceptance of wife beating, such as the infamous, “rule of thumb” expression. Furthermore, there have been long been deep-rooted social stereotypes that support acceptance of abuse in many families of our society today. It is often believed that domestic violence incidents are rare or minor, which usually do not require outside intervention. Cultural values and allow for justification of abuse, while in other situations gender based structure creates inequality. As recently as the mid-1980’s, judges viewed domestic violence as a symptom of a bad marriage rather that the cause of it. In this case when a man showed remorse and apologized, he was regarded as worthy of a second chance. There is no doubt that in today’s world most individuals considered spousal abuse wrong, yet our culture says otherwise, such as when a woman continues to be asked why doesn’t she leave if she is unhappy (Berry, 2000, p. 25). This is just an example of how our society continues to put the responsibility for change back on the victim while the focus should be on why does a man abuse the victim. Despite the positive changes traditional gender and sexual norms continue to reinforce that boys should be aggressive and authoritarian; this type of behavior is considered manly. Though girls