Types Of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence destroys millions of households every year in the United States. There are various types of domestic violence, a man beating a woman, a man beating his child, a woman beating her significant other, a woman beating her child, or a child abusing his or her parents verbally or physically, the list continues. There are also instances not only on physical and verbal assault, but sexual assaults, social abuse, and economic abuse. Even though these things happen all the time, they should not happen at all, but some people are afraid or embarrassed about being abused in their home. This gets to the point where the victim is so scared about their assailant that they will not report the abuse to the police. Though original strategies …show more content…
The overall idea behind types of abusive behavior is related to domestic violence which is the goal to gain power and control over their partner through schemes of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse. Physical abuse includes the compulsion of one member of a household to feel the need to attack the others, which can result in physical harm, disability, or death. Some examples of these are punching, choking, stabbing, and kicking. All of these cause deliberate physical harm to the victim. Sexual abuse happens when one forces or pressures another person to engage in a sexual activity or experience which goes against his or her will. If the participant cannot converse an understanding and desire to participate in a sexual act for any reason, not limited to alcohol or drugs, the unwanted act is attempted and completed by the enforcer, an act of sexual abuse has happened. Also, sexual abuse can sometimes occur within physically or emotionally violent relationships where the …show more content…
A relationship does not have to have all of the above behaviors in order to be considered abusive. A partner who attempts to establish supremacy and control within a relationship through threats or act of physical, sexual, or psychological violence is accomplishing an act of domestic violence. The majority of relationships are distinguished by domestic violence experience that are referred to as the “Cycle of Violence,” which is made up of three periods. The Tension Building Stage, the Abusive Incident Stage, and the Honeymoon Stage (Spradling). The cycle is nonlinear in terms of duration, but there is facts that shows the abuse intensifies as the Cycle of Violence escalates in frequency. Victims become customary to the violence that is built on the conduct of their partner, the abused can usually anticipate when their significant other will become brutish. The first stage is the tension-building stage, which can be distinguished by high levels of stress. The abuser may express increased pressure by taking it out on