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Submitted by antiessays on January 24, 2008
Although domestic violence includes sibling abuse and elder abuse, and child abuse the
focus of my essay is on spouse abuse. Domestic violence has many names; family violence,
battering, wife beating, and domestic abuse. All these terms refer to the same thing, abuse by a
marital, common law, or a dating partner in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence is not
limited to physical beatings. It is any behaviour that is intended to subjugate and control another
human being through the use of humiliation, fear, and physical or verbal assaults. Domestic
violence is very important issue in today's society because it has such a profound negative affect
on the abused, mentally and physically, and more needs to be done to help the abused and
prevent it from happening further. Even though Domestic violence can be caused by either the
male or the female it is usually caused by the male due to their controlling nature and physical
advantage.
History and Causes
Since the dawn of time physical force has been used to keep subordinate groups in their place by
dominant people in society. Men have always been physically larger than women and since most
societies are male dominated, too no surprise the woman has almost always been the most
common victim. In Roman times, a man was allowed to divorce, chastise, or even kill his wife
for adultery, attending public games, or public drunkenness. All of which the husband was
allowed to freely partake in. During the middle ages it was mans right to beat his wife or kill...
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