Is our stance on domestic violence being a cruel and inhumane practice incorrect or should we keep pushing our efforts to stopping this practice? For the most part our generation has been raised to acknowledge domestic violence as a cruel and inhumane but for the most part history shows us that it hasn’t always been that way. Niccolo Machiavelli, an Italian philosopher, sees women as more of a possession or a “fortune” and that way to keep that possession is that you must “beat and ill-use her” (The Prince 1516). By committing acts of domestic violence fear is installed into women restricting the influence they have on society basically silencing them and their potential impacts. As time passes, generations gain knowledge from the mistakes of those before them and that is why today we disagree with Machiavelli by addressing the issue that is domestic violence as inhumane.
For centuries, women have been viewed as property with the sole purpose of child bearing and maintaining the house. Even in modern times some cultures continue to view them as subordinates to men but Western Civilization has changed those views. What …show more content…
Even with the roles of women evolving as they take more of an active role in the professional world women still serve as the primary child care provider. Domestic violence affects the children as much as the women because it leaves “detrimental effects” on the child’s life (Women’s Aid 2009). By leaving these “injuries” on a child the Machiavellian belief that “an injury as to so severe that his vengeance need not be feared” is tested in the sense that a child will hold bitterness against the parent who committed the act of violence (The Prince 1516). This bitterness normally leads to an emotional retaliation when adulthood comes and more times than not the parent that committed this violence is hurt by the emotional rift
For centuries, women have been viewed as property with the sole purpose of child bearing and maintaining the house. Even in modern times some cultures continue to view them as subordinates to men but Western Civilization has changed those views. What …show more content…
Even with the roles of women evolving as they take more of an active role in the professional world women still serve as the primary child care provider. Domestic violence affects the children as much as the women because it leaves “detrimental effects” on the child’s life (Women’s Aid 2009). By leaving these “injuries” on a child the Machiavellian belief that “an injury as to so severe that his vengeance need not be feared” is tested in the sense that a child will hold bitterness against the parent who committed the act of violence (The Prince 1516). This bitterness normally leads to an emotional retaliation when adulthood comes and more times than not the parent that committed this violence is hurt by the emotional rift