Physical Abuse Signs

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Physical Abuse is a problem in today’s society! Physical abuse can be towards kids or adults. The punishment right now is not harsh unless the person is killed so that is why it happens so much in the word today. Not only that a lot of people are afraid to come forth with the information because of what other people would think about them. People are so quick to judge other people and there situations, it makes it hard on the victims to come to the light with the situation. Children that have been beat as a child usually grow up as an adult with the same habit whether is beating on their spouse or their own childrenbeating on their spouse or their own children is. Child that was abuse usually have health problems as they get older. They can suffer from depression, anxiety, high blood pressure, and PSD. So just because the abuse is over they still suffer from it every day. When they are young women they usually become more sexually active looking for the love that they are not getting out of the house hold. Many times we look over the signs of physical abuse there are common signs to look for. These signs include sudden change in behavior or school performance, alertness, watching for something bad to happen all the time, acting out, leaving home early, going home late, and not wanting to go home at all, and fear when approached by …show more content…
Even though the signs are still almost the same it is harder for women and men to escape. The significant other does these thing to gain control over the other person. They threaten you, people around you and hurt you and the people you love. There is so specific race or specific relationship this happens in heterosexual relationships too. This happens more with white females more than any race but it happens in all races. The abusers make you feel guilty and ashamed like everything is your fault. This is to only make themselves feel better as a

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