Violence And Aggression Analysis

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The following essay will cover a social psychology topic that has plague the world for centuries now Violence and aggression has only incline as the years go by and don’t see it getting any better. Violence and aggression is a daily occurrence that has troubled the world for thousands of years now. Violence is a form of aggression to cause physical harm or damage to something or someone, while aggression is overt, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or other unpleasantness upon another individual. Both aggression and violence comes from a negative energy that makes it challenging to channel that emotion. There are various forms of violence and aggression that people choice to embark in and conscious that …show more content…
Several shots were fired from the officer’s weapon” (BOSMAN 2014). After the cop was let off on self-defense the violence only worsen the town was destroy by protestor business were destroyed and physical force towards officers was happen frequently. The killing of the unarmed teen robbed of his life in such a vicious crime sadden me and will ever be justified because this fatal could have been avoided without violence. Another act of aggression would be Sexual violence which is defined as sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion, unwanted sexual comments or advances violence like acts of rape. In recent events sexual violence has increase with the sex traffic going global and kids are being sold for sexual needs of other human beings against their will. Women tend to be at a higher rate than men to be the reciprocate of an act of sexual violence which is probably due to their lack of aggression. Unfortunately there is various forms of sexual violence that take place which “include rape, date rape or acquaintance rape, intimate partner sexual violence, alcohol or drug facilitated sexual assault, child sexual abuse and incest, female genital mutilation, stalking, pornography, commercial sexual exploitation and prostitution, professional sexual exploitation, systematic sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and …show more content…
These type of violence leads to different psychological trauma which include post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic depression, anxiety, and substance abuse just some of the obstacles people face when there the victim of psychological violence. I remember a saying as a kid that stated “Sticks and stones may broke my bones but words will not hurt” I believe that all the way until entering adulthood than I saw the powers of words. I know from experience that psychological violence can make you question your worth in life my ex-girlfriend put me through a world wind. It got so bad that I would have to call on my friends after some of her episodes just to stop myself from harming me or her. One time we went to dinner and was talking about are relationship I ask to use her phone and saw she was having a conversation with a guy I asked her about it and she instantly became defensive. She cursed me the whole ride home called me stupid and told me i wasn’t worth her time I feel in her trap she use reverse psychology on me by making herself the victim. I believe that anyone how has going through psychological trauma would agree the person who is guilty of the abuse down a number on the victim to making them out to be the bad guy. The abuse I received became so emotionally draining that I accepted it as a way she express her love for me. After two

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