Situational Analysis
People who live or work together are bound to experience irritations, disappointments and disagreements. They will at times misunderstood each other, or misperceive the facts. Intimate relationships are a potent of anger because such relationships are important but feeling intensely angry can cause political and domestic violence (G. Butler and T. Hope 2007). Violence inside the family is known as domestic violence (Ramiro et al., 2004; Abulon, 2014). Domestic violence is gender-based violence (The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 1993 in a publication by Woman’s Aid 2001; Abulon, 2014) it constitutes a pattern of abusive behaviour that includes the use or threat of violence and intimidation
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It affects men and women especially women, old and young, heterosexual couples and homosexual couples alike. It may start almost immediately, or only after several years of being in a relationship. Though both victims and perpetrators of abuse come from all backgrounds, the shock, pain, confusion, feelings of guilt and betrayal of trust experienced as a result of being subject to domestic violence is common to all. Many sufferers of domestic violence do not speak out about what is happening at home, but suffer in silence, often for years. They may try to deny it to themselves, not wanting to admit to the reality of the abuse; they may feel shame about the abuse, as though it were their fault. A feeling of guilt about the abuse is almost universal the victim of abuse believing, and being told by the perpetrator, that they or their actions are the cause of the abuse. This has a double effect: it enables the abuser to continue to feel justified in continuing their destructive behaviour, as the victim takes responsibility for the abuse, and also allows the victim to continue to believe that they can change the situation and can in some way control the abuse and stop it. Real change in a perpetrator of abuse however is sadly very rare. Above all, it needs stressing that the victim of abuse is not responsible for the abuse and violence, but is being manipulated and coerced by the perpetrator (Hidden Hurt