The Negative Effects Of The Impact Of Violence On Women

Register to read the introduction… The physical affect it has on the women is simply the appearance of the body. Several examples would be the women having broken bones, black eyes, bruises, and in some cases bleeding. This physical abuse can be detrimental to these women’s health and can even lead to death (International Center for Research on Women,2010). More importantly violence can bring upon an emotional impact. Emotionally, women can become distressed, emotionally numb, angry, and even horribly afraid (Office on Women’s Health,2011). All these emotions build up as a coping method to deal with the pain that they are experiencing during their abuse experience. Typically, fear is the most common result of dealing with abuse because women become fearful of everyday abuse. Thirdly, when women experience violence, it tends to have a mental impact as well. After continued occurrence of this violence, women tend to allow the abuse to happen because women may think it is acceptable and that the violence is deserved. Mentally, women experience anxiety and depression during the abuse and after experiencing the violence, can develop Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Office on Women’s Health,2011). PTSD causes women to suffer from paranoia even after the experience of violence. These women live in daily fear of experiencing any type of violence or harm again. This can lead to a negative effect on their social life and public interaction with other people, their self-esteem, and personal life. The different kinds of abuse they experience has a huge impact on their overall life in many ways that are not always …show more content…
As shown, every problem has a fair solution. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was established in 1994, to bring support and impact women of all different kinds of races, religions and backgrounds (ProCon,2008). This act has resulted in many advantages for the women who are affected by this wrong doing. Several examples would be the vital funds to support grants for schooling to increase their education, legal assistance to provide housing and transport, and psychological treatment to deal with the mental illness they may be suffering (ProCon,2008). Although the Violence Against Women Act was made to provide support to women in need, it is seen as a disadvantage due to the discrimination against men (ProCon,2008). Many people feel that this act sends a negative message stating that all men are violent and that is not the case (ProCon,2008). More importantly, this act was made to protect all women and bring awareness to the action of violence brought upon them; it cannot totally stop the abuse before the occurrence. Unfortunately, no act or law can prevent any human, before hand, from conflicting violence on another but it sure can give as much help as it can to ensure women the wrong doing and assistance. The main goal of the Violence Against Women Act is to send a message about the violence against women and show them that there is a helping hand out