Domestic violence, an issue that has been present in society since before the 1880’s. It was during these years where someone, somewhere released that beating your wife was wrong.
Prior to the illegalization of domestic violence, it was accepted to beat your wife if she stepped out of line. And yet even …show more content…
The children of these delusional men get taught thought watching the actions of their fathers that abuse is something everyone should be taking a part in. The children then grow up, get a girlfriend, marry her and continue the abuse. The passing off of these actions is called the perpetuation of domestic violence.
The perfectly innocent children are broken when they are exposed to domestic violence. They become desensitized to the violence and absorb the attitudes of their mother and father’s opinion about it, which is usually, father "keep her in line son" mother "he loves me". Because the children are often witnessing the actions from a very young age they begin to learn that violence can be used as a tactic for receiving what they want.
Children from non-abuse families are quickly taught that this tactic (tantrums, crying) is not appropriate. Although children of abusive families somehow think a Cantankerous child is