Essay On Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate-partner violence is a crime that is affecting every sector of society, whether it involves same-sex, or heterosexual relationships. Intimate -partner violence does not discriminate against sexual orientation, religion, age, socio economic, educational levels, and ethnicity. The majority of domestic violence or intimate partner violence for many years involved only married women of heterosexual relationships, omitting couples whom were not married, ex-spouses, and dating. The phenomenon of intimate partner violence whether in heterosexual or same-sex relationships is a path of dominance and control which is often accompanied by abusive behavior and power. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (as cited in Loveland & Raghavan
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Many people that have a sexual preference for same-sex relationships make a conscious decision to conceal their sexual orientation (family, employers, church, friends, etc.) in fear of negative consequences related to sexual minority status, and the likelihood of being rejected by others (especially love ones). According to Kuehne, and Sullivan (2008), victims of same-sex interpersonal violence may be further traumatized by the legal system’s handing of their case and therefore may be unwilling to report a future incident of abuse …show more content…
Intimate-partner violence tends to happen in cycles escalating slowly from verbal abuse, to threats, to reconciliation, to acts of violence, and finally death. The majority of the victims would rather be hit occasionally in private, than routinely and systematically verbally humiliated in front of family and friends. Physical abuse victims suffer from isolation by being kept away from friends and activities in response to the jealous insistence of the perpetrators. Same sex- intimate-partner victims are economically dependent on the perpetrator are less likely to leave, resulting in increased access to victims. Perpetrators usually actively seek their victims who are economically dependent to increase their ability to control the victim’s
Many people that have a sexual preference for same-sex relationships make a conscious decision to conceal their sexual orientation (family, employers, church, friends, etc.) in fear of negative consequences related to sexual minority status, and the likelihood of being rejected by others (especially love ones). According to Kuehne, and Sullivan (2008), victims of same-sex interpersonal violence may be further traumatized by the legal system’s handing of their case and therefore may be unwilling to report a future incident of abuse …show more content…
Intimate-partner violence tends to happen in cycles escalating slowly from verbal abuse, to threats, to reconciliation, to acts of violence, and finally death. The majority of the victims would rather be hit occasionally in private, than routinely and systematically verbally humiliated in front of family and friends. Physical abuse victims suffer from isolation by being kept away from friends and activities in response to the jealous insistence of the perpetrators. Same sex- intimate-partner victims are economically dependent on the perpetrator are less likely to leave, resulting in increased access to victims. Perpetrators usually actively seek their victims who are economically dependent to increase their ability to control the victim’s