Psychological abuse

“The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an option in theirs.” (Shannon L. Alder.) The nature of violence plays a key role in Jesmyn Wards “Salvage the Bones.” Whether if it was China “sacrificing” one of her puppies, the big brawl during Randall’s basketball game, or when the father pushed Esch into the water during the hurricane. Just like any other feeling that human beings have, there are some things that we often question…

is drawn within the grey areas, a phenomenon grasping concepts and of both bullying and victimisation. It embodies the definition of bullying, Yang and Salmivalli (2013) states it is a continuous assault that aims to inflict verbal, physical or psychological distress on a weaker individual (Olweus, 1996). Studies suggest that bully-victims are an impressive group of people due to the portrayal of distinct characteristics (Yang and Salmivalli, 2013), that could be caused by the differing…

Domestic violence is any repetitive amount of abuse in a relationship that is used by one partner to gain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. Domestic violence is a tremendous problem currently and there is no sure way to make it truly go away. This type of abuse is a frequent complication in Middle Tennessee today. There are programs instituted to…

Sadly, most of the bullied students feel that the abuse will only get worse if they report it to the teachers or parents (Jacqueline Y. Smart). Moreover, most of the bullies have warned the victims to keep silent about the bullying situation if they don’t want the pain to be more unbearable. Therefore…

even fathom the idea of abusive events, abusive parents or surroundings. A numerous amount of children who grow up in an abusive environment typically struggles with lifelong suppression. Statistics say growing up in an abusive home can cause psychological issues as a child and as an adult. As a child being abused in any form forces a child to isolate his/herself from the rest of the population, typically just from feeling socially awkward compared to the other children. Parents, Guardians or…

violence against women is very prevalent in western countries: in New Zealand the most common way it takes shape is domestic violence. The New Zealand Ministry of Health shows that in 2006, out of the people who went to a hospital for a domestic abuse injury in New Zealand, 91% were women (Collins, 2012). Violence against women can be explored through theory, and the theories that are going to be applied in this paper to gender inequality and violence against women are Radical Feminism and…

Spanking Children: Helpful or Hurtful As a child, where you ever spanked by your parents? I cannot speak for anyone but, as for me, I was regularly spanked as a child whenever I did something wrong. Spanking wasn’t my parents’ initial response to my bad behavior, but it was the only one I seemed to respond to. The question “Is it right, or justifiable, to spank a child?” is one every adult, especially parents, have encountered or will encounter, in their life. This question has aroused a great…

The documentary five cases of elder abuse showed the cases of five elderly who were being abused by their family member. Although the elderly can be abused in a facility, nursing home, the film choose to focus on those victims that were abused by their partner, sons, and daughters. It followed the story of Norman, Dorothy, Pat, Lucille, and Mary as they rehash their story of abuse on video. Norman was severely beaten by his two sons, and had to work because they took his security money. Norman…

STAGE 5: STANDING UP FOR YOURSELF (BULLYING) #BONUSCHAPTER Bullying is a modern day aggressive behaviour that involves with the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or dominate others. Due to bullying, almost 75% of people get pushed, step on our dignity and treated with 0 respect, every day. It has been a huge impact on our life, it’s happening right here, right now, so frequent that sometimes many do not know they are a victim of bullying. Standing up for yourself can be…

Charlie, who experiences the effects of abuse, either directly or indirectly, is affected in his psychological development. Kathleen Baird, an expert on domestic abuse and midwifery states, “Domestic violence is usually thought of as physical violence against, or an assault on, a woman. This is because a physical assault is the most visible form of domestic violence. In reality, domestic abuse can and does include several forms of abuse including sexual, emotional and psychologically abusive…