Media Influence On Domestic Violence

I have been able to take so much valuable information out of this course this semester. Before this course I did know a little about domestic violence, but I was able to learn so much new information in these past six weeks. One of the most important things I have learned from this course is how much of an influence the media has when it comes to issues of domestic violence. The media influences our society and I feel that they are sending the wrong message when it comes to issues of domestic violence. They constantly represent males as the dominant members of society and in many instances they broadcast the violence that is going on in our society rather than positive aspects of the world we live in. Another important thing I was able to learn from this course was the many different reasons why a victim of domestic violence will stay with or return to their …show more content…
Many of these causes and contributors are based off of different cultural and social factors. The different individual behaviors that a person has also contribute and are likely to cause family violence. Different types of cultural and social factors are how we learn normative behavior, expectations and roles. Other factors this would be our social acceptance of family violence. The idea of patriarchy and men having authority can also be a cause or contributor to the issue of family violence.
Another possible cause or contributor of family violence is based off of the deterrence theory. The deterrence theory is considered to be the low cost of family violence. This theory helps explain how it is difficult to arrest and prosecute those involved with family violence and that there is usually very lenient punishment involved for those who do commit acts of violence towards their families. I feel that since there is such little punishment for batterers that this is a major cause of family violence in our