Jackson Katz’s eye-opening diction elaborates on the idea of men’s violence by using phrases like “silence is a form of consent” and “need adult men in power to prioritize these issues”. The main point in this astonishing TED talk is that there should be a bigger emphasis on these domestic violence issues. Whether it’s men in power or just normal bystanders, there isn’t enough being done to stop the violence from happening. Men need to start standing with women and not against them. The silence from these people in power and in the bystanders is basically saying that they are agreeing with the violence being inflicted, since they aren’t doing anything to stop it.
PA 604: Domestic Violence Data Exploration Project My research topic for this data exploration project was influenced by reading the Bureau of Justice Statistics 2014 Annual Criminal Victimization Report. From that publication, an intriguing statistic caught my attention and research interest. “The rate of domestic violence, which includes crime committed by intimate partners and family members, remained stable from 2013 to 2014 (4.2 per 1,000). No measurable change was detected from 2013 to 2014 in the rate of intimate partner violence (2.4 per 1,000), which includes victimizations committed by current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends” (BJS Criminal Victimization, August 2015). I decided to investigate how this statistic was concluded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
Available at: (-- removed HTML --) . Women’s Aid (2015) What is domestic abuse? [online]. [Accessed 10 April 2018].
Introduction Domestic Violence can be broken down into different types of abuse. The common types are physical, emotional, sexual abuse. “Abusers may feel this need to control their partner because of low self-esteem, extreme jealousy, difficulties in regulating anger and other strong emotions, or when they feel inferior to the other partner in education and socioeconomic background” (“What Causes Domestic Violence? By Toby D. Goldsmith, MD”). Physical and sexual abuse are the most heard of and/ or more likely to occur.
Spousal Abuse People often turn away from issues that do not affect them, but this only lets the issue grow further until there is nothing left to do but deal with it. This could be why domestic violence has been taking place for centuries now. One issue that comes with domestic violence is spousal abuse- a problem that only seems to be getting worse, with ten million victims being beaten by an intimate partner each year (“Domestic Violence”). Although spousal abuse seems to be an ongoing issue in the United States, efforts are being made at both national and local levels to suppress the violence.
When the word “domestic abuse” is put forward, people may think it is far from their lives. However, it happens around each individual and it is closer than they think. Domestic abuse often escalates from threats and verbal abuse to violence. And while physical injury may be the most obvious danger, the emotional and psychological consequences of domestic abuse are also severe. (Smith and Segal 2)
“Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another”(“What is domestic,” n.d.). There are many victims of intimate partner violence but they do not know how to safely leave their partner. Therefore, victims are staying in relationships longer because they do not have an adequate amount of information or people to rely on. Because of the prevalence of domestic violence, nurses need to be better prepared to know the basis of domestic violence, the signs, and the necessary interventions to efficiently meet the needs of domestic violence victims. Intimate partner violence is not something that happens suddenly.
Domestic abuse is the abuse that any child can go through within the family. It happens when one person in the family trying to take a control over the other partner. In domestic violence or abuse physical harm and emotionally, verbally and psychological cost are very severe. A child may feel lonely, depressed, helpless, disheartened. When a child reached at the age of 5, 80% of personality is being developed.
1. Purpose ACME Educational Company (ACME) institutes this policy as part of its commitment to a healthy, safe organizational climate and to the prevention and reduction of the incidence and effects of domestic violence. ACME recognizes that domestic violence is a workplace issue and impacts the workplace even if the incidents occur elsewhere. Incidents of domestic violence cross economic, educational, cultural, age, gender, racial, and religious lines. They can occur in heterosexual and same sex intimate relationships, including marital, cohabiting, or dating, as well as in non-intimate heterosexual or same sex relationships, such as between coworkers or perpetrated by supervisors, and can occur between strangers.
One of the ways this creates an impact or problem is because many women do not feel comfortable reporting abuse. Women don't feel able or forthcoming to talk about their own situation having to do with abuse. That is to say, because of the outcome or result that may cause due to them opening up (Cheng). Secondly, research from the University of Missouri has found “ 74 percent of orthopaedic trauma surgeons, who treat many victims of domestic violence, substantially underestimate the prevalence of domestic violence injuries among their patients, and only 23% had training to recognize such injuries.” Meaning that 74% of the surgeons underrated how big domestic violence was, and 23% percent had the ability to recognize that.
Domestic abuse is a serious problem in our world today. If no one will stand up to the abusers, then it will never stop. The statistics will continue to rise, and more people will be afraid to come forward and end it. Abuse can lead to several serious issues in a person's life. There are many negative effects that harm the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of one's life.
Social work practitioners are involved and aware of all social justice issues in the world today. Domestic Violence is just one major social justice issue which has become more prominent in the world. According to Royal College of Nursing (2013), domestic violence is an incident involving controlling and violent behaviour between intimate partners and/or family members. It also involves physical and emotional abuse. A practitioner working in the field of domestic violence can apply different theories in order to present the best possible outcome for the service user.
Domestic violence is an ongoing matter which occurs worldwide. When thinking about domestic violence, one might automatically think about women being the victim, however it is very common for men to be victims in domestic violence disputes as well. According to a national survey done in 2010 by the U.S. Department of Justice and Centers of Disease Control, more men were victims of intimate partner physical violence within the last twelve months. Also over 40 percent of severe physical violence was directed at men (SAFE, 2015). Men being abused is an issue that is overlooked with very little sources available to male victims of domestic violence (SAFE, 2015).
It should also be remembered that spousal violence is not only manifested by physical violence. The abuser also tends to control the life of the other; this may be manifested in preventing victims from taking proper care of their health. Another facet of the problem is that victims of domestic violence often lack self-confidence, and may be reluctant to come forward or complain to medical staff. It must also be taken into account that talking about violence is extremely difficult. Battered women sometimes tend to avoid physical examinations simply because they do not want their difficulties to be known outside the household.
Jacquelyn C. Campbell defines intimate partner violence as “physical or sexual assault, or both,” of a spouse or sexually intimate partner. She speaks about how damaging this type of violence can be to women. Campbell provided information from past studies to explain why interventions and assessments should be increased in health-care settings to identify more of these situations. The author looked at information from the past decade and used only the surveys that were in English.
