Violence against women

Summary of Article The high levels of sexual violence against women is of great concern to a large chunk of today 's society. The article published in Violence and Victims investigates the extent to which pornography and harsh parenting can cause sexual coercion and victimization. The following two hypotheses were formulated: (1) The interaction of exposure to harsh corporal punishment and consumption of pornography will be associated to the reports of men who have engaged in coercive sexual behaviors

Domestic Violence has always been an issue circulating women living in the United States. Alas, not many women realize the harm they are living because they are blinded by fear their partner creates for them to live by each and every day. Historically, many relationships and marriages have gone through many years of Domestic abuse, but yet have not recognized the signs of an abusive relationship. A 2014 survey ordained by the National Violence Against Women found that 25% of all women have been physically

Introduction Intimate partner violence has been a significant issue for centuries in all countries. "Since 1974, nearly 2,600 spousal homicides have been recorded in Canada" (Bunge, 2002). Of these homicides, more than three-quarters have been against women. Although through feminism and the women's liberation movement, there has been a slight improvement in the incidences of violence against women, there has also been a drastic change in the perception of the issue by society. After reviewing

Article 1 - Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women defines domestic violence as "any act of gender based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."[1]. As was ruled by the Supreme Court in Section 177(1) of the Housing Act, domestic violence can occur psychologically, physically or emotionally

This essay has been written as it has been found that violence against women can be clarified as a human rights issue, worldwide. The World Health Organisation quoted in Devaney (2016) reported in 2013 that more than thirty percent of woman who are in an intimate partnership has experienced more than one form of physical, psychological or sexual abuse. More than thirty-five percent of murdered women are committed by their intimate partner. The percentage of indirect death such as, HIV, suicide

What are the costs of domestic violence? A United Nations report called “The Economic Costs of Violence Against Women: An Evaluation of the Literature” explores the economic impact on societies. The cost of domestic violence includes direct costs such as medical services, law enforcement, legal expenses, incarceration costs, mental health services, therapy, education and lost property. Social services, government programs and welfare add additional financial burden to the problem. Businesses experience

Domestic violence; As the United Nations paper (1993) presents that “Violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to domination over and the discrimination against women by men”. This statement about domestic violence portrays the unequal differences between genders which has led men to act overtly masculine by characterising their masculine traits to create the powerless assumption and dominance over women by issuing violence

question that intimate partner violence (IPV) directed against women is a fundamental issue. However, it is clear that a paradigm has been developed within the IPV literature which generally holds that it is gender-based; that perpetrators are "exclusively or disproportionately male" (Dutton., 2006) and that females are the sole victims. Whilst the original function of this paradigm was to generate social change "in a direction that righted an imbalance against women" (Dutton & Nicholls., 2005), the

The concept of violence might only represent a negative image. It refers to a set of radical human behaviors, for example, perpetrator would use physical force to hurt or kill people on purpose. Besides, the typology of violence in World Health Organization (WHO) has an explicit structure, which comprise physical, psychological, and sexual to families, partners, friends or strangers (). However, in this essay I shall focus on critically analyzing Farkhanda Younis’ story, which could reflect how

Domestic violence results in a multitude of complications for the victim such as physical injury, mental and emotional health problems (Richardson, Coid, Petruckevitch, Shan Chung, Moorey, & Feder, 2002). The complications increase when the victim, is pregnant, which may result in death of the infant or low birth rate (Richardson, et al., 2002). The perpetrator is often the current partner or former partner (Richardson, et al., 2002). Domestic violence often goes unnoticed but is a major societal