Violence against Women
One in three women worldwide have experienced either physical or sexual violence in their lifetime (Statistics). The impact it has on women ranges from physical, sexual, and mental consequences that can sometimes even lead to death. Violence against women is something that affects women of every social and economic class, every religion, race and ethnicity. Many of the women’s movements have helped decrease the amount of incidences that occur but still there is not enough being done to prevent the violence that is still occurring. While sometimes women are attacked by strangers, the majority of these incidences are typically from a person close to the victim. Women’s right to live free from violence is upheld by international …show more content…
Every nine seconds in the US, a woman is assaulted or beaten (Statistics). Violence is something that can be prevented and with all of the laws that have been put in place should not be occurring as often as it does. There are so many victims that have suffered or will suffer from physical abuse at some point in their lives. I think in order to make a big change with the way things have been going we need to change our view on Violence against Women. It is amazing that blame could be put on a victim in any of these situations but also is a big reason I believe that the violence is still a big problem. Jackson Katz says it is a men’s issue in his ted talk and I think he is onto something. We put so much focus on the victim and not enough on the abuser. It is also amazing what language can do and how we word or phrase something differently and it can have a completely different outlook to …show more content…
The statistics alone should be enough to make the world realize that enough is enough and that this is happening way too often to way too many women. Violence against women is a topic that people often shy away from discussing because of how sensitive it is and because it is particularly a problem in relationships. Intimate partner violence can be a difficult thing to stop simply because it is not always reported because people are scared to get out of the relationship or keep thinking their partner will change. We need to stop shying away from the problem and finally address the men in these issues and leave the women alone. The more men that get involved in standing against violence the better impact it will make. Violence against women is a tragic cycle that starts with younger boys who are either victims as well or have viewed the violence happening to a mother, sister or even a friend. I think that starting with these young boys will make a big difference by making them more aware of the problem and how to stop the cycle. Men need to stand up for women and these behaviors need to be looked at as unacceptable. People need to stop looking the other way when it comes to violence against women. Like Katz says, we need to break the silence that revolves around gender violence (Katz). While men are the root of this problem we also need to
One in three women worldwide have experienced either physical or sexual violence in their lifetime (Statistics). The impact it has on women ranges from physical, sexual, and mental consequences that can sometimes even lead to death. Violence against women is something that affects women of every social and economic class, every religion, race and ethnicity. Many of the women’s movements have helped decrease the amount of incidences that occur but still there is not enough being done to prevent the violence that is still occurring. While sometimes women are attacked by strangers, the majority of these incidences are typically from a person close to the victim. Women’s right to live free from violence is upheld by international …show more content…
Every nine seconds in the US, a woman is assaulted or beaten (Statistics). Violence is something that can be prevented and with all of the laws that have been put in place should not be occurring as often as it does. There are so many victims that have suffered or will suffer from physical abuse at some point in their lives. I think in order to make a big change with the way things have been going we need to change our view on Violence against Women. It is amazing that blame could be put on a victim in any of these situations but also is a big reason I believe that the violence is still a big problem. Jackson Katz says it is a men’s issue in his ted talk and I think he is onto something. We put so much focus on the victim and not enough on the abuser. It is also amazing what language can do and how we word or phrase something differently and it can have a completely different outlook to …show more content…
The statistics alone should be enough to make the world realize that enough is enough and that this is happening way too often to way too many women. Violence against women is a topic that people often shy away from discussing because of how sensitive it is and because it is particularly a problem in relationships. Intimate partner violence can be a difficult thing to stop simply because it is not always reported because people are scared to get out of the relationship or keep thinking their partner will change. We need to stop shying away from the problem and finally address the men in these issues and leave the women alone. The more men that get involved in standing against violence the better impact it will make. Violence against women is a tragic cycle that starts with younger boys who are either victims as well or have viewed the violence happening to a mother, sister or even a friend. I think that starting with these young boys will make a big difference by making them more aware of the problem and how to stop the cycle. Men need to stand up for women and these behaviors need to be looked at as unacceptable. People need to stop looking the other way when it comes to violence against women. Like Katz says, we need to break the silence that revolves around gender violence (Katz). While men are the root of this problem we also need to