Emma Dell’ Aquila
Dr. Pietros
English 120
21 March 2018
Annotations
Book McCue, Margi Laird. Domestic Violence: a Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2008.
In the book Domestic Violence by Margi McCue, the author acknowledges many issues, facts, and statistics that have to do with domestic violence. McCue puts an importance on the effects domestic violence and abuse can have on women. McCue explains that most people think the word abuse just means hitting and different forms of violence but instead it can really be extreme and you can end up extremely hurt or even dead. There is a psychological diagnosis called The Battered Woman Syndrome which is given to women who were domestic abuse survivors who still have some type of emotional distress. …show more content…
Sullivan states that legislators and funders are making a significant difference in the lives of survivors who live under those services. (Sullivan 123) The author explains the Theory of change which is ultimately used as a guide for a positive change in the quality of life of the victim they use many different services in order to achieve the main goal of happiness and really try to help the victim with their experiences because a lot of the time the victim doesn’t really know why this has happened to them and don’t necessarily understand the severity of this abuse . The author provides many activities in order to achieve these results of a positive lifestyle by giving information to educate the victim and help them to understand their experience which includes the need to Implement a safety plan, build skills, offer encouragement, and finally empathy and respect. (Sullivan 124) This source is useful for my topic because it shows that there are things that the government is implementing in order to help the victims of abuse. This source also provides a lot of information on how to get help and different ways to approach a victim and ways to …show more content…
The author explains that by studying the women who were abused they all have similar characteristics. Obviously not every case is the same but most women they studied had similar characteristics. McCue explains that most of the studies found that domestic violence cuts across racial, ethnic, and cultural lines and affects families in all communities. (McCue 86) Its not one race that gets victimized its all different types. A lot of women are afraid to report the abuse because they are scared that they will get hurt more so that makes it somewhat hard to conduct studies but based on the women who reported it that’s what they found. McCue says that with age abuse mostly occurs with people under 30 years of age (McCue 88). The author states that Older battered women are a different case. These older women most likely grew up in a time where women got divorced because the social stigma was too intense, they were raised with the idea that abuse is normal and the woman just had to learn to live with it. (McCue 89). This relates to my topic because it ties together that its not just one type of person that can be abused. A few reasons a woman may be abused is because age or race but there are thousands of women who haven’t confronted their abuser or went to the police so there could be even more factors of
Dr. Pietros
English 120
21 March 2018
Annotations
Book McCue, Margi Laird. Domestic Violence: a Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2008.
In the book Domestic Violence by Margi McCue, the author acknowledges many issues, facts, and statistics that have to do with domestic violence. McCue puts an importance on the effects domestic violence and abuse can have on women. McCue explains that most people think the word abuse just means hitting and different forms of violence but instead it can really be extreme and you can end up extremely hurt or even dead. There is a psychological diagnosis called The Battered Woman Syndrome which is given to women who were domestic abuse survivors who still have some type of emotional distress. …show more content…
Sullivan states that legislators and funders are making a significant difference in the lives of survivors who live under those services. (Sullivan 123) The author explains the Theory of change which is ultimately used as a guide for a positive change in the quality of life of the victim they use many different services in order to achieve the main goal of happiness and really try to help the victim with their experiences because a lot of the time the victim doesn’t really know why this has happened to them and don’t necessarily understand the severity of this abuse . The author provides many activities in order to achieve these results of a positive lifestyle by giving information to educate the victim and help them to understand their experience which includes the need to Implement a safety plan, build skills, offer encouragement, and finally empathy and respect. (Sullivan 124) This source is useful for my topic because it shows that there are things that the government is implementing in order to help the victims of abuse. This source also provides a lot of information on how to get help and different ways to approach a victim and ways to …show more content…
The author explains that by studying the women who were abused they all have similar characteristics. Obviously not every case is the same but most women they studied had similar characteristics. McCue explains that most of the studies found that domestic violence cuts across racial, ethnic, and cultural lines and affects families in all communities. (McCue 86) Its not one race that gets victimized its all different types. A lot of women are afraid to report the abuse because they are scared that they will get hurt more so that makes it somewhat hard to conduct studies but based on the women who reported it that’s what they found. McCue says that with age abuse mostly occurs with people under 30 years of age (McCue 88). The author states that Older battered women are a different case. These older women most likely grew up in a time where women got divorced because the social stigma was too intense, they were raised with the idea that abuse is normal and the woman just had to learn to live with it. (McCue 89). This relates to my topic because it ties together that its not just one type of person that can be abused. A few reasons a woman may be abused is because age or race but there are thousands of women who haven’t confronted their abuser or went to the police so there could be even more factors of