Emotional abuse includes all the forms of verbal abuse. Emotional abuse is systematic in a way that it brainwashes the victim into thinking they’re worthless. Emotional abuse erodes away self-confidence; a sense of self-worth and it’s often disguised as advice or guidance. Victims of extended emotional abuse often developed emotional scars that are harder to heal than physical ones. Emotional abuse is also used as a way to control one’s partner.
Rape in everyday life is already unacceptably common. One in six women is raped or sexually assaulted in her lifetime, according to the National Institute of Justice, a number so high it should be considered an epidemic.In the military, however, the situation is even worse. Rape is almost twice as frequent as it is among civilians, especially in wartime. Soldiers are taught to regard one another as family, so military rape resembles incest. And most of the soldiers who rape are older and of higher rank than their victims, so are taking advantage of their authority to attack the very people they are supposed to protect.
Physical abuse is the act of violence on an individual that causes pain. A number of different signs can indicate that a service user is being physically abused. The main signs are physical marks or injuries such as bruises, burns and fractures. In addition to this the service users behaviour can change such as becoming more shy, hesitant quiet and withdrawn. Depression is a common consequence of being physically abused as the service user is normally too scared or vulnerable to speak up and ask for help.
Domestic Violence is not random but follows particular social patterns and these patterns have social causes. For example, the most striking pattern was found by Coleman et al (2007), who said that Domestic Violence mainly occurs through men being violent to women, she found that women were more likely than men to have experienced ‘intimate Violence’ across all four types of abuse, - partner abuse, family abuse, sexual assault and stalking. Statistics by Mirrlees – Black show that 99% of Domestic Violence cases against women were committed by men. She also found out that 1 in 4 women have been assaulted by a partner at some time in her life, and 1 in 8 women, repeatedly so. This is also
This can include, rape, indecent exposure, inappropriate looking or touching, sexual photography, sexual harassment, sexual teaching or innuendos, or being subject to pornography or witnessing sexual acts. Signs and symptoms: loss of sleep, unexplained or unexpected change in behaviours, bruising, soreness around genitals, torn or blood stained underwear, not wanting to be touched, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy or a preoccupation with anything sexual. Emotional/Psychological abuse is a form of abuse which is characterised by a person subjecting another than may result in psychological trauma such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. This type of abuse is often associated with situations where there is a power imbalance such as abusive relationships, in the work place and bullying. Examples of this type of abuse are humiliation, threats, controlling, harassment, verbal abuse, cyber bulling and isolation, Signs and symptoms: fear, depression, confusion, anxious to please, unexplained or unexpected change in behaviour, loss of skills or abilities, Financial abuse is the misuse of a person’s funds or assets without their knowledge, full consent or in their best interest.
1.1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse Is someone who deliberately causes somebody else to be in pain by hitting, punching, kicking, slapping another person, resulting in the victim left injured. Physical abuse can also be rough treatment of a victim like grabbing someone to hard, inappropriate restraining or depriving someone of food or been warm and comfortable. Sexual abuse Unwanted sexual contact from the abuser to the victim, sexual abuse can take place in many forms and anywhere. Sexual abuse can be unwanted comments such as remarks or jokes, to exposing themselves to a victim, forcing their victim to touch them on their private parts or forcing themselves onto the victim, and rape. Emotional/Psychological Abuse can take place in all kinds of relationships from a partner to friendship to a working relationship; it can be very harmful and psychologically damaging to a victim.
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.
Unit 5 1, Know how to recognise signs of abuse. 1.1 Define the following types of abuse : * Physical abuse - can be hitting, punching, biting, shaking, burning, scalding, throwing, force feeding or anything else that causes physical harm to an individual. * Sexual abuse – Could be forcing an individual to take part in sexual acts, penetrative or non-penetrative, these include rape and buggery, sexual assault. Watching sexually explicit materials such as on the internet, dvd etc. * Emotional/psychological abuse – Ranges from bullying, scaring a person with threats or fear, lowering self-esteem by de-valuing, verbal abuse and swearing, expecting too high expectations on the individual and exploitation.
Pedophiles were themselves a victim of sexual abuse as children and that’s why they become pedophiles. Child sexual abuse can come in different forms. Contact in which a child is abused is by rape, masturbation, intercourse, oral or anal sex, pornography, and any other sexual conduct that can harm a child’s mental, emotional, or physical health. It may consist of a single incident or many acts over a period of time. Abuse is also more committed by someone the child knows.
These victim suffers emotionally, and psychologically, especially if the victim is not supported by their family. Individuals, family members, and society need to break the cycle of sexual assault by addressing these violent acts that cause unhealthy, damaging, and long-term