Man is essentially a peaceful, loving entity, but greed, passion, misguidance can lead a person to adopt a created havoc throughout the world – which is a violent behavior. Through media, society becomes continuous observers of violence. With this exposure, one may enable to grow accepting the act of brutality. This will be observed as something normal, thus, emotional numbness begins to set in. In the home, workplace, and in the courts of law, descriptions of the effects of both violence and sex-role stereotyping are rampant. These implications of male superiority encourage them to exercise control over women and abuse their power, leading to violence. A form of domestic violence between the wife and a husband takes place in their very own
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As time goes by, the husband will later on changed their attitudes into something pleasing or something bad. According to Colb, there are two distinctions in domestic violence: a victim who lives in the same home, and happens more than once. (Colb, 3-4) The women who are involved in these two distinctions are more likely to develop a Three-stage Repetitive Cycle of Violence formulated by Walker. These three phases are: the tension-building phase; the acute-battering phase incident; and the tranquil, loving phase that follows. During the tension-building phase, the batterer occurs slaps, pinches, controlled verbal abuse and psychological welfare. The woman may allow herself to be abused in the ways that, to her, are comparatively minor. She may also cover for the batterer in an attempt to win his favor, making excuses to other people. At some point, the violence may spiral out of control, and an acute battering incident occurs. His violence has been to a point of rampage, injury, brutality, and sometimes death. The battered woman realizes that she cannot reason with him, thus, she don’t seek help during this phase. When the acute battering ends, the final phase begins. Both of the husband and wife are undergoing a tranquil phase which the batterer exhibit warm, and loving behavior. He promises to never do it again, as he begs for forgiveness. The battered woman is most thoroughly victimized psychologically. She is in an” illusion of absolute interdependency is firmly solidified in the woman’s psyche, for in this phase battered woman and their batterers really are emotionally dependent on one another – she for his caring behavior, he for her forgiveness.” (Walker, 45) Neither one of them may truly feel as an independent individual, capable of functioning without the
As time goes by, the husband will later on changed their attitudes into something pleasing or something bad. According to Colb, there are two distinctions in domestic violence: a victim who lives in the same home, and happens more than once. (Colb, 3-4) The women who are involved in these two distinctions are more likely to develop a Three-stage Repetitive Cycle of Violence formulated by Walker. These three phases are: the tension-building phase; the acute-battering phase incident; and the tranquil, loving phase that follows. During the tension-building phase, the batterer occurs slaps, pinches, controlled verbal abuse and psychological welfare. The woman may allow herself to be abused in the ways that, to her, are comparatively minor. She may also cover for the batterer in an attempt to win his favor, making excuses to other people. At some point, the violence may spiral out of control, and an acute battering incident occurs. His violence has been to a point of rampage, injury, brutality, and sometimes death. The battered woman realizes that she cannot reason with him, thus, she don’t seek help during this phase. When the acute battering ends, the final phase begins. Both of the husband and wife are undergoing a tranquil phase which the batterer exhibit warm, and loving behavior. He promises to never do it again, as he begs for forgiveness. The battered woman is most thoroughly victimized psychologically. She is in an” illusion of absolute interdependency is firmly solidified in the woman’s psyche, for in this phase battered woman and their batterers really are emotionally dependent on one another – she for his caring behavior, he for her forgiveness.” (Walker, 45) Neither one of them may truly feel as an independent individual, capable of functioning without the