Domestic violence: Power and Control
Shivana Per. Power and Control
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Domestic violence as well as emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship as a means of control over the other person. The status of the relationship between those in a domestic violence situation varies. They can be married or unmarried; heterosexual, gay, or lesbian; living together, separated or just dating. One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. That is an estimated 1.3 million women becoming a victim of physical assault at the hands of an intimate partner each year. Although a vast majority at eighty-five percent of victims being women anyone can fall into the role of being battered regardless of age, sex, race, culture, religion, education, employment or marital status. Women ages 20 to 24 have the greatest risk of becoming victims of domestic violence. (1)
It is estimated that each year about 960,000 cases of domestic violence are reported each year, that is without the inclusion of those that go unreported. (2) About three to four their husbands, ex-husbands or lovers beat million women inside their homes. With that being said one woman is battered every fifteen seconds by her partner. (1) Victims of domestic violence do not possess a set of universal characteristics or personality traits, but they do share the common experience of being abused by someone close to them. Although not as common, men can be the victims of abuse as well. An estimated 835,000 men are physically assaulted by their partners, that is every one out of fourteen men. (9)
Domestic violence as we know it most commonly occur behind closed doors otherwise known as the home. (8) However, it is not limited only to the home. Some batterers use publicly embarrassing their partner as a tool of abuse. This can occur in front of friends and family or even at the workplace. They tend to constantly monitor their victim in public places in order to keep them within their control and to
DESCRIPTION
Domestic violence as well as emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship as a means of control over the other person. The status of the relationship between those in a domestic violence situation varies. They can be married or unmarried; heterosexual, gay, or lesbian; living together, separated or just dating. One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. That is an estimated 1.3 million women becoming a victim of physical assault at the hands of an intimate partner each year. Although a vast majority at eighty-five percent of victims being women anyone can fall into the role of being battered regardless of age, sex, race, culture, religion, education, employment or marital status. Women ages 20 to 24 have the greatest risk of becoming victims of domestic violence. (1)
It is estimated that each year about 960,000 cases of domestic violence are reported each year, that is without the inclusion of those that go unreported. (2) About three to four their husbands, ex-husbands or lovers beat million women inside their homes. With that being said one woman is battered every fifteen seconds by her partner. (1) Victims of domestic violence do not possess a set of universal characteristics or personality traits, but they do share the common experience of being abused by someone close to them. Although not as common, men can be the victims of abuse as well. An estimated 835,000 men are physically assaulted by their partners, that is every one out of fourteen men. (9)
Domestic violence as we know it most commonly occur behind closed doors otherwise known as the home. (8) However, it is not limited only to the home. Some batterers use publicly embarrassing their partner as a tool of abuse. This can occur in front of friends and family or even at the workplace. They tend to constantly monitor their victim in public places in order to keep them within their control and to