Question 1: Why do we talk so much about gender when we talk about family violence? Outline key statistics, concepts and evidence that may help explain and explore the role of gender as it relates to family violence.
Family violence has become a very dominant issue in today’s society. Family violence is not always physical violence but instead can consist of behaviour that puts an individual down or makes the individual feeling worthless. Gender plays a major role within family violence as in most domestic violence cases males tend to be the abusers and the females are usually the victims, however this not to say that men do not experience domestic violence. Violence can occur within any relationship such as homosexual couples or even between individuals who are considered elderly or disabled. Gender plays a major part within family violence as gender equality makes a difference from the point a baby is born Babies tend to receive stereotypical reponses depending on what sex they are born. For example female babies tend to get things like dolls when they are little whereas males tend to get toys like aeroplanes. “Family violence tends to be heavily influenced by gender as it usually occurs between married individuals. A survey conducted by the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicated that “37.8% of women who current or …show more content…
It is such a broad issue that is not influenced by one factor but a complex combination of factors. There are many causes to why family violence occurs but not all of them are known as family violence is not reported as a result the rate of family violence tends to me significantly low. Under the Family violence Protection Act 2008, family violence can occur in all areas of society, regardless of location, socioeconomic and health status, age, culture, gender, sexual identity, ability, ethnicity or
Family violence has become a very dominant issue in today’s society. Family violence is not always physical violence but instead can consist of behaviour that puts an individual down or makes the individual feeling worthless. Gender plays a major role within family violence as in most domestic violence cases males tend to be the abusers and the females are usually the victims, however this not to say that men do not experience domestic violence. Violence can occur within any relationship such as homosexual couples or even between individuals who are considered elderly or disabled. Gender plays a major part within family violence as gender equality makes a difference from the point a baby is born Babies tend to receive stereotypical reponses depending on what sex they are born. For example female babies tend to get things like dolls when they are little whereas males tend to get toys like aeroplanes. “Family violence tends to be heavily influenced by gender as it usually occurs between married individuals. A survey conducted by the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicated that “37.8% of women who current or …show more content…
It is such a broad issue that is not influenced by one factor but a complex combination of factors. There are many causes to why family violence occurs but not all of them are known as family violence is not reported as a result the rate of family violence tends to me significantly low. Under the Family violence Protection Act 2008, family violence can occur in all areas of society, regardless of location, socioeconomic and health status, age, culture, gender, sexual identity, ability, ethnicity or