Survivors and its Impact
Sarah Stamm
Morehead State University
Abstract This paper will take a brief look at what domestic violence is, and a longer look at what impact and effects it has on those who are victims of and witnesses to domestic violence. Domestic violence has been an issue since the advent of the family unit. It has gone through history as a generally accepted practice, as an issue never to be spoken about, and is finally becoming something that the public is not only aware of, but trying to stop. Even so, there are many families who fall through the cracks, and children who become direct products as both the abused and witnesses of the abused. This paper will explore this issue by following this …show more content…
Victims of domestic violence more often get stuck in a cycle of repetitive compulsion. Victims of domestic violence most often have mental, emotional, physical, and behavioral scars that are too deep to heal without intervention; scars that prevent them from living happily. It is true that children who are beaten or witness domestic violence can grow up and lead successful, productive lives. They can even become wonderful parents and partners. However, that is not the norm. There are cases that end in “happily ever after”, but those are the exceptions to the rules. Society, especially in this nation, is slowly turning to face the problems of domestic violence, but that was not always the case. It, just as few as fifty years ago, was perfectly acceptable for a man to beat his wife or children as a form of discipline. The system that watches out for child victims is also over-worked, under-funded, and weary of heart. Too often case workers will remove a child from a dangerous situation, only to watch that child go right back into that situation. Or worse, to get lost and become a new kind of victim-- a victim of the …show more content…
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