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What Is Domestic Violence?

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Domestic Violence
“Domestic violence and abuse includes physical abuse, threats, emotional abuse, sexual assault or stalking.”(Nursing standard, 2014) Domestic violence can happen to anyone. “According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), each year at least 1.2 million women and 784,000 men experience domestic violence and abuse in England and Wales, with one in three women and nearly one in five men experiencing it at some point in their lives.”(Nursing standard,2014) Domestic violence can happen to anyone in any relationship whether it be a same-sex relationship or a heterosexual relationship. Domestic violence can happen at any time during a relationship. Some victims have stated that they would avoid asking too …show more content…

Domestic violence does not just include physical abuse, but it can also involve sexual and psychological abuse as well. When abuse is not physical but psychological it tends to be overlooked and not viewed as abuse. All of these forms of abuse are highly destructive of a victim.
Physical and sexual abuse are immediate forms of violence. Physical and sexual abuse can lead to broken bones, fractures, unwanted/unplanned pregnancy, bruises, death, etc. “Approximately 2.1 million women are physically assaulted and/or raped every year in the United States. Of these assaults or rapes, 1.5 million are abused by intimate partners: current or former spouses, boy friends, or girl friends, including different or same-sex partners.”(Noughani & Mohtashami, 2011)
Psychological abuse can take longer to have an effect on a victim, but the results are equally detrimental. Psychological abuse is a way for an abuser to trap their victim, and make them think that they are not good enough for anyone else. By being controlling, and being verbally abusive a victim could feel inadequate and unworthy of any other type of affection causing them to stay in a violent …show more content…

Just because the physical abuse has stopped for a period of time does not mean that it will not start again.
How To Get Help And Resources
Asking friends for help, or even asking a friend if they need help are good ways to start. There are numerous options for victims of domestic violence such as shelters, friends, family, or a non-profit organization that offers a domestic violence help call center.
A Christian Worldview We as Christians can help by providing resources and support for victims. We can also encourage them to turn to God for support. “Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”(Pslam 55:22) Domestic violence is sometimes overlooked but it is a very serious problem all over the world that should not be taken lightly.

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