Examine the Patterns of and reasons for, Domestic Violence in society. (24 marks) Domestic Violence is defined by the Women’s Aid federation (2008) as; Physical, mental, sexual, or financial Violence, that takes place within an intimate or family type relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. It may involve partners, ex-partners, household members or relatives. A common view of Domestic Violence is that it caused by psychological effects, rather than social effects, but sociologists have challenged this view. It is thought that it is the behaviour of a few ‘sick’ or disturbed individuals, but in actual fact Domestic Violence is far too widespread to be the work of just a few individuals.
It can occur at or outside the workplace and can range from threats of abuse to physical assaults and homicide, one of the leading job related deaths.” (OSHA fact sheet, 2002, p. 1). Workplace violence against nurses is escalating, causing more and more nurses to walk away from their career because of violence that has happened to them. Some of these nurses are leaving because they have been injured to the point of being disabled, either physically or mentally. Violence toward nurses has detrimental effects not only on the nurse but also on the patients. For example: if a nurse is always worried about being hurt by a patient how effective is that nurse going to be?
Domestic Violence, or spousal abuse, is one of the most appalling crimes in the criminal justice system. Domestic violence involves the abuse of an intimate partner through means of physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual aggression. When most people think of domestic violence, the most frequent thought is the husband, or boyfriend, battering their defenseless female partner. What people fail to realize is that domestic violence does not happen strictly between heterosexual couples, same sex couples can become victims of battering as well. They can suffer much more than heterosexual victims.
Self-Objectification and Depression Cherish Burtson University of California, Santa Cruz Psychology of Women’s Lives Shelley Grabe Self-objectification and Depression Depression is a serious problem plaguing around one in five American women today, at twice the rates of men (Depression in women: Understanding the gender gap, 2013). Many psychologists interested in women’s issues have found that one major cause of this depression epidemic could be self-objectification (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997). Western culture objectifies the female body and the media projects images of women as objects made up of sexual parts. Because of this, women internalize these pressures and view themselves from the observer’s perspective as objects, which lead to body shame, restrained eating, sexual dysfunction, and depression. This has devastating effects because it leaves women in a constant state of self-surveillance, and causes a splitting of self between the subjective self and the self as an object (Crawford, 2011).
Reviving Ophelia Abusive relationships are not only reserved for married couples. There are plenty of teens caught up in these dangerous situations, and like older women, the teenage girls feel they are somehow responsible for the abuse they suffer at the hands of the men whom they love and who supposedly love them. This phenomenon is common among abused women. They make excuses for the beatings they take and their abusers insist it will never happen again. And yet it does the cycle of violence never end.
The lowest the city had in the past few years was in 2009, it ended with 896 cases. There were a lot of serial rapist that happened in Philly, again 60% of went unsolved. The only crime that was the lowest numbers was arson. That wasn’t reported in years. Burglaries ended 10,969 cases in 2009.
violence against women (VAW) as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life." the main type of VAW is Intimate partner violence & Sexual violence. Risk factors lower levels of education. exposure to child maltreatment. witnessing family violence.
Domestic Violence A Vulnerable Population. Introduction What is vulnerability? Webster defines vulnerable as, “that can be wounded or physically injured, open to criticism or attack, easily hurt as by adverse criticism; sensitive, open to attack by armed forces” (Macmillian General Reference, 1997, p. 1064). Historically women have been dominated by men; this paper will discuss the impact of domestic violence against women along with identifying the barriers that stop them from receiving essential medical and psychological support. Barriers Women who are victims of domestic violence suffer from physical and emotional abuse that may go undetected by healthcare professionals.
Asians is about 4 percent in Nassau and 8.4 percent Suffolk County. Long Island's median household income dropped 2.1 percent from 2009, to $86,328 last year. At the same time, the ranks of those without health insurance rose -- to 10.3 percent, from 9.6 percent. "We are dealing with a major crisis," said Suffolk Social Services Commissioner Gregory Blass, who said 12 percent of the population is now on Medicaid "and that's climbing. "How do we calculate the Federal Poverty Level?
According to Bindel (2010) women and girls all over the world are being beaten by their husbands, raped, burned and mutilated in the name of "tradition", forced into marriage, sold into prostitution and murdered for transgressing a twisted code of "honor". Violence against women is an international epidemic. It has been identified by the World Health Organization as a grave health issue, affecting more people than .HIV and Aids. Also, Bindel (2010) states that in most countries, women have won the right to vote only within the past 50 years. There is still nowhere in the world where women have access to political or social power equal to that of men.