Their money loss turns into a great inconvenience for those depending on them. Also, people who do not find amusement in anything but gambling they may be led to commit suicide. All these components are great proof that gambling should be illegal. The course of the gambling and process addictions is remarkably similar to that of drug addiction or alcoholism. 2) Some divide pathological gambling into four phases: winning, losing, desperation and helplessness.
One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. b. An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year. c. 85% of domestic violence victims are women. d. Historically, females have been most often victimized by someone they knew.
“The US Justice Department estimated that as of 1998 there were nearly one million incidents of domestic violence per year in the United States.” (Lee and Newton) “Various estimates have put the number of Russian women killed by their husband, partner or a close relative at between 10,000 and 14,000 every year.” (Baczynska) Traditional practices such as; arranged marriages and female genital mutilation that usually end in infections and women or girls go untreated resulting in death. Some countries have a son-preference and women will terminate their pregnancies if the baby is a girl, because sons are preferred. Dowry- related marriages can end in violence, usually death if bride’s family fails to pay the agreed-upon payment for the
I feel bad and sad for the victims, because a woman can’t do anything when a man punches her. “Abusers often attempt to control and isolate victims in an effort to guard the secret of abuse and because of their jealously of any attention their partners may give or receive from family, friends, or coworkers” (Gagné 19). As the time passes, women will have bruising, bleeding, and scars that will never heal. A man hits a woman probably because he wants to act “macho”. He might be drunk or he only does it because he likes it.
Tragedy and Triumphs of Domestic Violence Jennifer COM 220 Research Writing August 22, 2010 Richard Franchetti We are all aware of the many forms of domestic abuse across the world. Many of us don’t realize that men are abused equally as much as women because hear only about women who are physically abused. Other forms of abuse include mental/emotional, economical, sexual, verbal, and isolation. Statistics show that there is some form of domestic abuse or domestic violence occurring in one out of two marriages or partnerships and about 90% of children are in a nearby room causing them to suffer from emotional and or behavioral problems. Studies show this causes the cycle of domestic violence to continue throughout their adult lives.
Domestic Abuse / The Homeless Marie Ribail Domestic violence is defined as emotionally and/or physically controlling an intimate partner, often involving tactics such as physical assault, stalking, and sexual assault (Domesticviolence.org). Approximately one out of every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime and 1.3 million women are victims of domestic violence each year. Victims of domestic violence lost about 8 million days of paid work because of the violence that they experienced. 4.1 million dollars is spent directly to on mental health and medical services for domestic violence victims (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence). Considering the cost and prevalence, as well as the direct relationship between housing and domestic violence, a majority of homeless women are victims of domestic violence.
Every year a staggering 8.7 million women are abused by partners in their homes (Roberts, 2006). Violence among current or former intimate partners is pervasive in society. Between 22% and 35% of emergency room visits are due to symptoms or injuries related to ongoing physical abuse (Gilardi, 2005). Battered Women Syndrome refers to the physical and psychological effects of abuse, and describes a pattern of responses and perceptions presumed to be characteristic of women who have been subjected to continuous physical abuse by a partner (Gatowski, Dobbin, Richardson, Ginsburg, 1997). The definition of BWS speaks for itself.
Examine the patterns of, and reasons for domestic violence in the family Domestic violence is violent or aggressive behaviour within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner. Statistics show that 20-50% of the female population of the world will become the victims of domestic violence. Previously, within the United States, 22.1% of women will experience violence by an intimate partner sometime during her lifetime. According to the National Violence Against Women Survey, 17.6% of women will be raped during her lifetime. Even though its frown up in society there are individuals that are able to continue with they’re violent actions.
The social problem is why women stay in an abusive relationship. Men use various ways of physical abuse toward their spouse in many ways. Physical abuse is caused by shoving, slapping, kicking, punching, tripping, choking, pulling hair, arm-twisting, and by raping. Physical abuse creates low self-esteem in women. All of these are all causes of physical abuse by a man toward a woman.
Assaults committed by young people ages 10-24 were responsible for more than 656,000 injuries treated in an emergency room (CDC2010). It is also stated that in 2008, 1280 juveniles were arrested for murder, 3340 for forcible rape and 56,000 for aggravated assault (CDC2010). Authority figures such as educators, law enforcement and politicians are concerned with the youth violence epidemic. To try and help solve the