Intimate Partner Violence Against Men and Women
Violence is just one of a concern for the Community Health Nursing not only in Canada but all over the country. It occurs in children, men, women, same-sex partners, and older adults that affects their health and their well-being. According to Stanhope & Lancaster (1996), Violence is defined as those that is non- accidental acts, interpersonal or intrapersonal, that may result in physical or psychological injury to one or more person. This can be done in the form of physical, psychological, sexual, financial or spiritual abuse.
In this study paper, I will be discussing about Intimate Partner Violence(IPV) against men and women. But what really is Intimate Partner Violence(IPV)? IPV is also known …show more content…
This may include pushing, hitting, grabbing, throwing, slapping, kicking, punching, chocking, beating, shaking, burning, assault with weapon using a knife or a gun and murder. The other common form of Intimate Partner Violence is the Emotional Violence; this is done through verbal or nonverbal abuse, the scars of this abuse is deeper and it is emotionally damaging compare than physical abuse. Verbal and nonverbal abuse includes threatening, intimidating, destruction of personal property and possessions, violence to the object or pet, yelling, screaming, constant harassment, embarrassing victim in the public or family or relatives, making fun of the victim either alone or with friends or family, mocking the victim, blaming the victim for how the abuser feels or acts, name-calling, swearing, excessive possessiveness, isolation from friends or family and etc.… Sexual Violence includes sexual assault and sexual harassment. Sexual assault: it is where you force someone to participate in unwanted, unsafe, or degrading sexual activity; Sexual harassment: ridiculing another person to try to limit their sexuality or reproductive choices; sexual exploitation: forcing someone to look at pornography, or forcing someone to participate in pornographic film making (Golanty & Edlin, 2007). The other form is Financial or Economic Violence, this includes withholding economic resources such as money or credit cards, stealing from or defrauding a partner of money as assets, exploiting the intimate partner’s resources for personal gain, preventing the partner from working or choosing occupation and withholding physical resources such as food, clothes, necessary medications, or shelter. Another form is the Spiritual Violence which includes preventing the partner from
Violence is just one of a concern for the Community Health Nursing not only in Canada but all over the country. It occurs in children, men, women, same-sex partners, and older adults that affects their health and their well-being. According to Stanhope & Lancaster (1996), Violence is defined as those that is non- accidental acts, interpersonal or intrapersonal, that may result in physical or psychological injury to one or more person. This can be done in the form of physical, psychological, sexual, financial or spiritual abuse.
In this study paper, I will be discussing about Intimate Partner Violence(IPV) against men and women. But what really is Intimate Partner Violence(IPV)? IPV is also known …show more content…
This may include pushing, hitting, grabbing, throwing, slapping, kicking, punching, chocking, beating, shaking, burning, assault with weapon using a knife or a gun and murder. The other common form of Intimate Partner Violence is the Emotional Violence; this is done through verbal or nonverbal abuse, the scars of this abuse is deeper and it is emotionally damaging compare than physical abuse. Verbal and nonverbal abuse includes threatening, intimidating, destruction of personal property and possessions, violence to the object or pet, yelling, screaming, constant harassment, embarrassing victim in the public or family or relatives, making fun of the victim either alone or with friends or family, mocking the victim, blaming the victim for how the abuser feels or acts, name-calling, swearing, excessive possessiveness, isolation from friends or family and etc.… Sexual Violence includes sexual assault and sexual harassment. Sexual assault: it is where you force someone to participate in unwanted, unsafe, or degrading sexual activity; Sexual harassment: ridiculing another person to try to limit their sexuality or reproductive choices; sexual exploitation: forcing someone to look at pornography, or forcing someone to participate in pornographic film making (Golanty & Edlin, 2007). The other form is Financial or Economic Violence, this includes withholding economic resources such as money or credit cards, stealing from or defrauding a partner of money as assets, exploiting the intimate partner’s resources for personal gain, preventing the partner from working or choosing occupation and withholding physical resources such as food, clothes, necessary medications, or shelter. Another form is the Spiritual Violence which includes preventing the partner from