There are fifty shades to domestic violence. There is the woman beaten until she is black and blue by the man she depends on the most. And the young man so in love with the girl of his dreams he does not realize how controlling and how mentally scaring she truly is. Then there are the little ones, who want so badly to be loved but instead they are pushed, hit, and dragged by the one person who should love them the most. These types of abuse are generally known as domestic violence. Domestic violence is a type of abuse that occurs in all cultures no matter the race, ethnicity, or social class, and it can be physical, sexual, economic, or psychological, done by men or women, and is directed towards any family inside of the household, such as,
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It can occur in person or electronically and might occur between a current or former dating partner” and happens mostly between the ages of fourteen and nineteen (“Teen”). TDV is very common for girls and boys. The girls always get the worst of it but the boys experience physical abuse from their partners just as much as the girls, especially in teenage relationships. Although teenage domestic violence can be said to simply be spousal abuse, one needs to understand that TDV is a very serious problem among teenagers and needs to be caught early to keep the abuse from following into …show more content…
A lot of times physical abuse is hard to spot because the abuser only targets spots that cannot be generally seen and the victim become extremely well at hiding it. Most people recognize the common signs but there are some incidents where you never could have guessed. The women that keep the abuse very secret dig themselves so deep into a hole that the abuse becomes a norm for them. And the abuse goes from bad to worse to unbearable. Sometimes when the abuse is carried on for a long time either the victim or the abuser becomes a murderer. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence released a statistic last year saying, “In 70-80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder” (“Fact”). Hopefully these abusive relationships don’t have to end with murder; with the right kind of programs and education we can prevent this type of abuse from happening as well as sexual
It can occur in person or electronically and might occur between a current or former dating partner” and happens mostly between the ages of fourteen and nineteen (“Teen”). TDV is very common for girls and boys. The girls always get the worst of it but the boys experience physical abuse from their partners just as much as the girls, especially in teenage relationships. Although teenage domestic violence can be said to simply be spousal abuse, one needs to understand that TDV is a very serious problem among teenagers and needs to be caught early to keep the abuse from following into …show more content…
A lot of times physical abuse is hard to spot because the abuser only targets spots that cannot be generally seen and the victim become extremely well at hiding it. Most people recognize the common signs but there are some incidents where you never could have guessed. The women that keep the abuse very secret dig themselves so deep into a hole that the abuse becomes a norm for them. And the abuse goes from bad to worse to unbearable. Sometimes when the abuse is carried on for a long time either the victim or the abuser becomes a murderer. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence released a statistic last year saying, “In 70-80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder” (“Fact”). Hopefully these abusive relationships don’t have to end with murder; with the right kind of programs and education we can prevent this type of abuse from happening as well as sexual