Why Women Should Be Legal

Although women can be perpetrators, they are more often the victims of abuse than men. According to Blair, McFarlane, Nava, Gilroy, and Maddoux (2015), 92 percent of domestic violence offenders are male (p. 23).

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).

“85% of domestic violence victims are women” (11 Facts about Domestic and Dating Violence, N.D.) Survivors of domestic abuse who may be wounded physically and emotionally, they are a symbol of peace, courage, survival, honor and dedication to

Rebecca Solnit’s article focuses on the ways male violence negatively affects women. Harassment from men directed at women keep women from speaking up, and many women are living in constant fear of male violence. They live in a constant state of fear because they are aware male violence is taking place around them. Women are also afraid of potential male violence because men openly express authoritative behavior. She explains men feel they have the validity to control and abuse women. Specifically, a man will approach a woman with the expectation that the woman will return the man with a sexual favor. For example, “a woman was stabbed after she rebuffed a man’s sexual advances while she walked in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood late Monday night…”

Many women are experiencing violence against them, whether it be physical, mental, or verbal. According to Kirk, Terry, Lokuge, and Watterson, “Violence against women (VAW) is a major issue worldwide, with an estimated 35% of women, or roughly 1 in 3, experiencing either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime” (p. 2). There have been many groups that have been created to combat violence against women. The group I will be focusing on is White Ribbon group. The White Ribbon are the defenders of women.

It is evident that violence towards women has become an important matter that needs to end and more awareness has been brought to the issue. Most people are disturbed when hearing about violent crimes that are committed towards

With approximately 1.3 million women being victimized by an intimate partner each year and one in every four women experiencing domestic violence at some point in her life-time, domestic violence, also referred to as intimate partner violence Even after decades of increased activism and raised awareness by government agencies, the public and many nonprofit organizations, domestic violence still remains a serious problem within the United States.

To begin, Women do not have the safety they deserve. The United States was ranked 60th all time of the safest country for women. This is unacceptable, since the united states is known for their freedom, and is often known as the best country on earth. Also, america dropped about 4 places from 56th to 60th in one year. Many people living

“Every year, in the United States there are over 3 million incidents of reported domestic violence. Every year, 4,000 victims of domestic violence are killed.” (Domestic Violence: Disturbing Facts about Domestic Violence). Domestic violence is a crime that is not just committed in the United States, but worldwide. This crime is committed every day, every hour, every minute, and every second. Anybody can be a victim or the abuser. This can happen to any child, man or woman. This is a horrific crime. Women are more likely to be the victim in domestic violence than men. “Forty-five percent of all violent attacks against female victims 12 years old and older by multiple

Women are still today ostracized in some countries and it is still deemed “alright” to put women down by verbal or physical violence. Still in a lot of countries in Africa and in the Middle East do not have laws against domestic violence and this leads to lots of unnecessary deaths toward women that go unpunished. Nearly 40% of deaths toward women is due to their intimate partner. (Huffington Post) It is viewed in most of these countries that it is alright to hit women to “put them in their place.” It has been a big problem not just in the United States, but in these foreign countries women are to believe that it is alright for their intimate partner to do this to them because they are deserving of it. This is so ethically wrong because no matter of what race, gender, religion, etc… nobody should ever be put through anything like that of the sorts. It is great to know that in some of these countries that women are striving to move forward and to have domestic violence laws put into place. Like in Saudi Arabia, this is a known country that has had issues on women rights finally passed a bill that outlaws domestic violence in 2013. The biggest problem with domestic violence in these countries is that the women are afraid to speak out to this issue due to the lack of laws in place for women. Women have also have had it instilled in their minds that they should be shamed by having their husband, boyfriend, or even their brothers beat them. Domestic violence is an epidemic that needs to be spoken about. 1 in 4 women have been a subject to some form of domestic violence. In the United States this is still an epidemic because statics show that a woman is beaten every 9 seconds in the United States. (Huffington Post) This is a horrifying statistic to know that a woman is that vulnerable to domestic violence. Domestic violence has

It is also known that domestic violence usually increases in frequency and intensity. Research has shown that about 2 to 4 million women will experience some kind of domestic violence each year in the United States, and about 23% to 34% of women will experience domestic violence in their lifetimes. This aggression towards women results in physical injuries, physical health problems, psychological disturbance, and, in some cases, death.

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

Since 1970, there has been an increasing and alarming rise 138 percent of violent crimes committed by women. Still, while the equivalent percentage compared to male violence is small 15 percent to 85 percent the fact that the numbers have elevated so drastically points to something changing in society.

1 in 3 women have been victims of some form of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime

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.