Intimate Partner Violence Intimate Partner Violence Look around. Can you spot them? She’s sitting next to you in class; she’s the lady that cashes your paycheck on Friday at the bank; she’s the nurse who gave you a tetanus shot; he’s the car salesman who sold you your car; he’s the guy your brother takes guitar lessons from; she’s the lesbian you met last week at the flower shop; he’s the gay guy who serves you pizza at the local pizzeria; maybe it’s your best friend‚ mother or father. Unfortunately
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Intimate Partner Violence Today’s society contains an overwhelming amount of people “stuck” in abusive relationships. Why don’t they just pack up and leave one might wonder? Is this because they want to believe that people can change? It is a very disturbing issue‚ when the person that you are in “Love” with is the person inflicting so much pain on you. An outsider looking in a on a relationship of this sort will question why women that are victims of Intimate Partner Violence simply do
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also known as Intimate Partner Violence‚ which in short abbreviates to IPV (Cares‚ & Felson‚ 2005). From numerous research it has been proven that poverty and alcohol consumption leads to domestic violence. Intimate partner violence (IPV)‚ is when one of the partners use physical‚ sexual‚ or even mental abuse to hurt the partner they are intimate with. (Smith‚ Homish‚ Leonard‚ & Cornelius‚ 2011). However‚ domestic violence is also towards relationships that are not intimate‚ but are just
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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
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on intimate partner violence is that men precipitate violence against women because they have to show their dominance in society (Basile‚ Hall & Walters‚ 2013). As a result‚ men tend to exercise power and control towards women to keep them subordinate (Basile‚ et al‚ 2013). Economic‚ social and political powers are some of the areas where men and women are unequal in society (Basile‚ et al‚ 2013). Community‚ peers‚ family and society are some of the areas that normalize and socialize intimate partner
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Intimate Partner Violence Intimate partner violence is a macro level problem that affects people all over the world. The term intimate partner violence consists of five methods‚ physical‚ sexual‚ stalking‚ psychological and economic abuse among former‚ current couples and individuals that are often close to each other. When people talk about intimate partner violence‚ the first thing that the general populations visualize is women getting abused by their male partners. However‚ intimate partner
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Intimate partner violence affects 1 in 3 women in the United States with 3 in 10 having experienced rape‚ physical violence‚ and/or stalking by an intimate partner (Black et al.‚ 2011). Intimate partner violence occurs across all racial diversities increasing in those of multiracial affiliations. Women continue to be the highest targeted group against which intimate partner violence is perpetrated. Propelling the abuse between intimates are inhibited socioeconomic achievements which is further expounded
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in the United States who have suffered a crime at the hands of an intimate partner in the past year (“Understanding Intimate Partner Violence”). I am part of the 25% of women in the United States who are physically abused by their significant other (Halket et al. 35)‚ but I am not just a statistic. My experiences are unique to my life‚ as are my reasons for staying. Many women who have lived under the control of an abusive partner have their own set of reasons for why they stayed‚ and every reason
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Topic development According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ intimate partner violence affects more females than males and is considered as the number one cause of injuries in women ages 15 to 44 (76%) compared to males (24%) (Truman & Morgan‚ 2014). Intimate partner violence (IPV) can happen in any relationship including same sex and transgender relationships. IPV starts with emotional abuse and may advance to physical or sexual battering. The National Center of Prevention of Injury defines
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Intimate Partner Violence Intimate partner violence encompasses numerous types of violence. This includes physical acts of violence which is defined as “intentional use of force with the potential to cause death‚ disability‚ injury‚ or harm” (Krebs‚ Breiding‚ Browne & Warner‚ 2011). Sexual acts of violence is the general term used to describe the use of physical force to engage or attempt to engage in sexual activity without consent or willingness of the second party. The term stalking includes being
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