Survivors of domestic violence are people. They go about their public and daily lives much as the average person does; this causes them to blend in with everyone else and thus not receive the aid that they need. This -in combination with media glorifying drugs and violence- has directly lead to a national statistic of "20 people per minute are victims of physical violence by an intimate partner in the United States." (NISVS) This adds up to 10,512,000 people in a single year, and that is only calculating for the people who completed the process of filing a report. It also does not include the people affected -directly and indirectly- by financial manipulation, emotional abuse, and the countless alternate modes of domestic violence. We as a
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This lack of action to get out of the abusive relationship can change the mentality of the survivor and teach the children that this is what a healthy relationship is. Additionally, prolonged exposure to an abuser can lead to the victims projecting the feelings they associate and experience with the abuser onto characters who are similar to the abuser. It is key that the quality of education about domestic violence and toxic relationships increases for our community to have any form of impact on domestic violence. It is imperative that we inform people of the subtle signs associated with a toxic relationship, and how to notice them in their own relationships and those others relationships. With this comes the importance of acknowledging the fact that physical violence is not the only form of abuse, and that all forms of abuse are equally …show more content…
Also for the fact that in many cases, the children in an abusive household feel trapped and helpless. This stems from them being so drastically uneducated in their options and resources to get out of the situation they are in. However, for this idea to applicable and functional, youth need to be informed on the methods of reporting domestic violence, the process which is entailed in reporting, and what happens after the report is finalized. In order to breakdown survivors feeling embarrassed about their situations and the blaming of survivors for being in their abusive relationships, the public needs to be informed of the staggering statistics of the number of people effected by domestic violence each year, and the fact that each number represents a person not just a
This lack of action to get out of the abusive relationship can change the mentality of the survivor and teach the children that this is what a healthy relationship is. Additionally, prolonged exposure to an abuser can lead to the victims projecting the feelings they associate and experience with the abuser onto characters who are similar to the abuser. It is key that the quality of education about domestic violence and toxic relationships increases for our community to have any form of impact on domestic violence. It is imperative that we inform people of the subtle signs associated with a toxic relationship, and how to notice them in their own relationships and those others relationships. With this comes the importance of acknowledging the fact that physical violence is not the only form of abuse, and that all forms of abuse are equally …show more content…
Also for the fact that in many cases, the children in an abusive household feel trapped and helpless. This stems from them being so drastically uneducated in their options and resources to get out of the situation they are in. However, for this idea to applicable and functional, youth need to be informed on the methods of reporting domestic violence, the process which is entailed in reporting, and what happens after the report is finalized. In order to breakdown survivors feeling embarrassed about their situations and the blaming of survivors for being in their abusive relationships, the public needs to be informed of the staggering statistics of the number of people effected by domestic violence each year, and the fact that each number represents a person not just a