Since birth women have been known as the nurturers the beings that are here when we need love and care and men are the fighters and protectors. Throughout life we have been taught these gender roles to be able to fit into our rightful places to operate the norms of society. Often, we see these roles change per situation. In some situations women become the fighters and protectors, leaving the men in a place of needing to be nurtured loved and cared for. When we think about domestic violence, our initial thought almost always goes to a man beating his wife because these are the cases that are talked about more and there are more cases of man versus woman. We always come to the rescue of the woman but what about the men.
Author Elsie Hambrook takes an opposing stand on the situation and she implies that domestic violence happens more to women than men.
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She points out that this comment is commonly seen in different forums and states that some say that women’s movement against domestic violence gives no respect to that women are just as violent as men (¶2). Supporting that, Hambrook goes on to mention how men are indeed victims of domestic violence and it is frequent. However, the domestic violence men seem to frequently involve themselves in usually happens when its man versus man (¶3). In this next section of her article she offers to share facts. She does not discount the fact that that men, unacceptably, suffer from violence by their female counterparts but also implies that the suffering for women is much worse. Assuming that she desires for her reader to focus on the fact that there are more female victims, she emphasizes that intimate partner violence is both largely and overwhelmingly perpetrated by men (¶5). She adds that because of the violence women
Author Elsie Hambrook takes an opposing stand on the situation and she implies that domestic violence happens more to women than men.
In her …show more content…
She points out that this comment is commonly seen in different forums and states that some say that women’s movement against domestic violence gives no respect to that women are just as violent as men (¶2). Supporting that, Hambrook goes on to mention how men are indeed victims of domestic violence and it is frequent. However, the domestic violence men seem to frequently involve themselves in usually happens when its man versus man (¶3). In this next section of her article she offers to share facts. She does not discount the fact that that men, unacceptably, suffer from violence by their female counterparts but also implies that the suffering for women is much worse. Assuming that she desires for her reader to focus on the fact that there are more female victims, she emphasizes that intimate partner violence is both largely and overwhelmingly perpetrated by men (¶5). She adds that because of the violence women