Intimate Partner Violence: The Ted Talk

Intimate partner violence cast such a large net over our society. This is what struck by most in the power and control documentary and the Ted Talk. Intimate partner violence cuts across all backgrounds and seriocomic classes and can affect anyone no matter their status. The aspect of both the Ted Talk and the documentary I found most striking was how almost all intimate partner violence fallows the same pattern from the background of the abuser to the tactics of power and control they employ which then cycle back to impacting their children. In both the documentary and the Ted talk the background of the abusers seemed to be very similar. Leslie Morgan’s husband came from a very abusive upbringing this was also true for Kim Mosher’s husband …show more content…
Leslie Morgan mentioned that her former husband used to threaten to kill their dog as a form of power and control. I also found it very sad and disturbing that the abuse that the Mosher girl had suffered was beginning to contribute to a negative less image of themselves. They often referred to themselves as ugly and stupid because that is what they were told by their father. Although intimate partner violence is a vast wide spread issue there are step being taking to further protect victims. Some of these measures include protection orders so that the victims may not be contacted by their abusers and domestic violence shelter so victim have a safe haven from their abusers. Intimate partner violence is taking steps in the right direction with the service and support that is currently offered for victims hopefully this measures and programs begin to improve and no one will have to experience the pain associated with intimate partner