Sexual abuse

is “Wished for Child” and Mariam wished for a child throughout her whole marriage. Her lack of support and encouragement from her husband later lead to her being bitter, which is also a definition for the name Mariam. Mariam was put through spousal abuse and through it all, it worsened her as a person. Another true meaning for the name Mariam was, “you desire to create harmony in your associations, and you can be too candid in your expression, especially if you are challenged by others…

defines the bullying as a repeated behaviour of a person towards a worker that the worker considers as unwelcoming and unsolicited and that any reasonable person would also perceive as offensive, intimidating, humiliating or threatening (excluding sexual harassment) (Workplace bullying, 2016). Bullying impacts on the staff, the organization and the patient outcomes for varied reasons. The bullying at workplace arises from certain personal or organizational factors. The bullying…

National Center for Victims of Crime posted an article on their website concerning the effects of sexual abuse on children. Their experts stated, “In short term (up to two years), victims may exhibit regressive behaviors” (Effects of Child Sexual Abuse on Victims). Some examples of regressive behavior victims present are thumb-sucking and bed wetting. This is an understandable reaction to sexual abuse because it creates feelings of inferiority in the victims. This study helps the reader…

be physical or in form of psychological intimidation. Police brutality is highly evident in many countries all over the world especially in the news where such cases are reported. Police brutality is seen as a form of misconduct which involves sexual abuse, police corruption, false arrests, racial conflict, and political repression, with the main cases that the public hears about, being racial conflict. To understand the racial conflict between the community and police officers you first have to…

physical violence in her narrative, she centers her narrative on female damage from mental violence such as sexual oppression. Since men were considered the dominant gender during the slavery era, they were obligated to commit deplorable acts such as rape towards women. Jacobs had two negatives going against her, being a black woman, so she was subject to not only physical violence but also sexual oppression and rape. Slave owners also“never allowed his offspring by slaves to remain long in…

bathroom, Poncho Man approaches Mim and becomes sexual with her. He declares, “ Nothing will happen. Nothing you don’t want” (83). Poncho Man says he will not harm her because he wants Mim to stay calm so he can intrude upon her easier. However, part of the challenge for Mim is to escape from his craving for her. After she is able to escape Poncho Man, Mim is not able to report him to the police. Not reporting Poncho Man leads to another girl seizing abuse from Poncho Man; she reports him…

for their bread. Children are even sent to construction sites where dangerous conditions force them to work around the safety hazards. These long hours, isolation from a social environment, lack of education, health issues, low pay, and exposure to abuse impact the children of Bangladesh to not have a prosperous future. Children are affected in ways that impede their path to success and leave the country in a demographic turmoil and corruption as the gap between the rich and the poor continue…

Battered Woman Syndrome is a term that is used when a woman, after long periods of abuse, whether physical, sexual, mental and/or emotional, kills her spouse without the act of self-defense because at the time of the homicide they were not attacking her. This was first used as a defense in the 1970’s and now it is connected with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Jury nullification is the occurrence when a jury declares that a defendant is guilty in regards to the law, but they, the jury,…

the reality of the circular correlations between PTSD symptoms and substance abuse one might ask "Who would choose to give up something that eases chronic emotional and physical pain, and then engage in therapy that stimulates that pain, without recourse to relief via self-medication?" (Miller, 2002, p. 158). Therefore, Miller (2002) believes it to be ineffectual and a disservice to the patient to focus on substance abuse without addressing the impact of trauma symptoms (Weis, 2010).…

What constitutes a psychological disorder is the first step to finding an understanding. However, the complex perception of what is normal versus abnormal, both behavioral and cognitive, that results in distress, are the defining factors (Cacioppo & Freberg, 2013). In essence, if a person is unable to function in the important areas, properly meet and care for their own needs, or have an increased risk of danger to their self or others, this is observed as abnormal and establishes there may be…