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The Short-Term Effects Of Domestic Violence

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Home, sweet, home. Where women, children, and even some men must live in constant fear of the place that is typically called safe. What horrors lie in their homes to make such fears arise? Bruises, broken bones, and mentally degrading words are all actions caused by a member of the same species as the victims - an abuser. A human being, yet doesn’t act like one, this abuser can give the sweetest, most gentle of humans the taste of an awful poison. So sweet, yet bitter, they give their partners their love only to turn it into a black eye, or a broken and bloodied nose. Domestic violence is an issue that impacts many, yet surprisingly few know about the hard truths of this problem. It not only affects women, but men and children as well. …show more content…

“Effects of Domestic Violence” is an article written on the website Joyful Heart Foundation that will serve in finding the answer to this question. A few traditional pieces of physical evidence may include: black eyes, sprained or broken wrists, red or purple marks on or around the neck area, and bruises or marks that seem as if they came from choking, punching, or defending oneself. The typical physical effects of trauma may contain: shortness of breath, tension in the muscles, chronic fatigue, issues with menstrual cycle or fertility in women, involuntary shaking, sexual dysfunction, and changes in either sleeping or eating patterns. These give ideas of what the physical effects are like. The article also states, “One in seven people who have experienced domestic violence sustain a physical injury.” This explains how common it is to experience physical abuse in their domestically violent relationship. Now that the examples of short-term physical injuries have been shown, it is time to move on to the long-term …show more content…

The article “Long-Term Effects of Domestic Violence” on the website Clark Prosecutor shall be used one more time for its abundance of relevant information. As it states, “They may feel confusion, stress, fear, shame, or think that they caused the problem...A third of all children who see their mothers beaten develop emotional problems.” This shows how the children may feel when witnessing abuse. “Children who grow up in violent homes have much higher risks of becoming drug or alcohol abusers…” This gives examples of addictions that may befall the children in life. It goes on to state, “...85% of children had stayed twice with friends or relatives because of the violence, and 75% over the age of 15 had run away at least twice.” This shows how much children are forced to mature in destructive homes. A terrible fact to be sure, and greatly terrifying for the children, but not nearly so terrible as this, “Children in homes where domestic violence occurs are physically abused or seriously neglected at a rate 1500% higher than the national average.” 1500%!? Yes, that has been cited correctly. That piece of evidence supplies information detailing an unfathomable amount of children that will most likely be at risk of physical abuse and neglect in homes that contain an abuser

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