Psychological thriller

Abuse in Teenage Relationships In society today, there are many different forms that abuse can take. The more known forms of abuse are physical, emotional or verbal, and sexual. These are the most common forms of dating violence teenagers in relationships experience. There are other types of abuse that are not as well known. Other malicious forms of abuse – financial, digital, and stalking – are ways abusers attempt to gain power (SC #10). Anyone can be a victim of abuse, but abuse in…

The Facts Beth, a fifteen-year-old girl, became pregnant after having sex with her brother, who is eighteen. She submitted to his advances after he threatened to reveal a secret. He claimed that the intercourse was consensual. Beth and her mother agreed to have an abortion performed. Afterwards, the doctor categorized the case as child abuse, which must be reported to the state government. Beth’s mother protested, citing a high likelihood of the story spreading through their small town at a…

What is harassment and violence? Harassment is the act of systemic or continued unwanted actions of a party or group. It could be racial profiling, trying to force someone to quit a job, or just to make someone fearful of someone. Violence is a behavior that involves someone physically forcing or hurting a person or something. Harassment and violence is a major issue in the workplace of many. Getting to know the descriptions and examples of specific types of harassment and violence, appropriate…

Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus are explorations of unconscious sexual desires as of childhood. The incest relationships between Hamlet and Gertrude, and Oedipus and Jocasta illustrate the sexual psychology argued by Sigmund Freud as the ‘Oedipus complex ‘, which is a young boys’ lustful repressed desire to be with their mother and get rid of their father (Freud, 1900, p. 84). Hamlets and Oedipus’ autonomy is questioned as their sexual desires dictate the choices that they…

as “a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over their partner”. (DOJUSA, 2016) Furthermore, domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, economic, or psychological. (DOJUSA,…

The Ballad of General Fisheye, of the People’s Liberation Army Earl Lovelace’s, “The Dragon Can’t Dance” is the story of the people living in the town of Cavalry Hill, a slum in the Port of Spain. Oppression and poverty runs rampant throughout the city and plays a heavy role in the everyday life of most of its residents specifically, a man named Fisheye. Fisheye, the former leader of an anti-oppression group, portrays the oppressed citizen in that he both characterizes someone who is being…

Why do men abuse their wives? The story of men abusing their wives is a practice that has been prevailing for many years in the world. Women have been subjected to violence and are being treated badly for centuries. Men had mistreated women as slaves who were supposed to obey them without necessarily raising any questions. Men had dominated over women and issued orders that women were expected to follow. These relationships were common all over the world in male-dominated societies. Wife…

treatment they receive is what they deserve. Therefore, they do as they are told and ask for nothing in return. As time goes on, Nadege and her sister encountered more than a child their age should ever have to experience even once they moved in with their biological father and step-mother; life gave them another hurdle to jump. My heart ached for them more than once while reading Nadege 's story and in disbelief I became very angry as I read about the abuse they encountered from their…

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious social problem, and refers to “physical, psychological, and/or sexual coercion perpetrated in the context of an intimate relationship” (McHugh & Frieze, 2006, p. 2). According to World Health Organization (2012) Intimate Partner Violence consists of “physical aggression, psychological abuse, forced intercourse and other forms of sexual coercion, and various controlling behaviours such as isolating a person from family and…

Justice is a dreadful topic to deal with, but that is because it is hard to explain. Not everyone understands that it does not have to be brought by a superhero or a judge, that it can be brought to someone by themselves. Sabella Roa understands that there are many ways to receive and offer justice as long as the receiver lets it in. This means that there is not only a way for the victim to have justice, but the guilty party as well. Because when a justice is offered not everyone takes it, sadly…