Family Violence In Hk

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Understanding Social Problems in Hong Kong In 2004, there was a family tragedy, a father killing his whole family including his wife and two daughters, in Tin Shui Wai. Some said that this tragedy is an accident, however, in views of sociologist, this is a case full of male domination and power over women. Therefore, the central idea of this essay is to explain and illustrate the cause of family tragedy in 2004 and how it belongs to male domination by using feminism and functionalism. To confer the reason, it is necessary to understand the background of that family. Li was a divorced decoration worker living in Hong Kong. He went to Sichuan for working and met Jin. They got married in 1998 in Sichuan having two six-year-old daughters later on. Jin and her daughters then migrated to Hong Kong in 2004 living with Li in Tin Shui Wai. At that moment, Li was unemployed so that the income of whole family was mainly relied on CSSA of Li who only gave a little part of subsidization to Jin for domestic expense. Because of the poor and hard living standard, Jin started to work part-time. At the same time, Li started using violence on Jin especially when she refused to have sex and sexual assault on his daughters. Jin then seek help from Interactional Federation of Sport Climbing and she was arranged to go into temporary accommodation with her daughters. After few days, she returned to home but was threatened to being killed by Li. Jin expressed her concerns and asked for separation to social workers. But, that social worker did not emphasize too much on this case and told her to stay calm. Later on, police found Jin at home having dispute with Li but also did not emphasize too much as well. Jin called back to the family in Sichuan but her family told her that this was normal and she should tolerate. Therefore, Jin readmitted to social communication center. However, she

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