Domestic violence is one of the most major issues of today's Lebanese society, as well as all over the world. Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of behavior which involves violence or any other kind of abuse against one another that is used in any relationships such as marriage, dating, cohabitation, family, or even friends where the partner uses his power in order to control the others in an abusive behavior through intimidation, fear, physical and emotional attacks. Domestic behavior has many names such as family violence, child beating, women beating, or family abuse. Domestic violence is not specific for certain families; it can happen to any person of any gender, race, or religion. However, this violence mainly faces women …show more content…
Every day we hear cases of domestic violence in a specific village in Lebanon. In rural areas or old villages the percentage of women being subjected to domestic violence is higher than that of cities because most of the men in these areas are of low education or illiterate, so they have no information that such violence is prohibited by the law. However, these people still have traditional believes that men have the whole power to control their women and children, and that they must not have equal rights to their men.
In addition, some abusers have some psychological problems that they don’t know. Most of these abusers feel that they want to control their partners because they lack self confidence, and have low self esteem. They may also feel jealous if their woman has much higher education than them which results in having extreme anger that will lead to abuse their partner.
On the other hand, drug and alcohol addiction may lead to violent behavior. Most drug users lose the control if they didn’t have the amount of drugs which makes them have violent behaviors toward their partner or even their
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Consequently these children grew up on being abused by their parents. As if they were raised upon this bad concept where they think that violence is the only solution to everything they face in their lives.
Finally, some financial problems and having money problems could be also factors for domestic violence. The person that is facing work issues and lack of money will definitely be stressed. Some people cannot control their stress unless they abuse their partners where they feel better in this way.
Effects of domestic violence on the children:
• Children are the image of their parents. Studies have shown that children who are often abused tend to become abusers themselves too.
• Children and women exposed to this domestic abuse will experience anxiety, fear, and unable to trust anyone.
• Children and women will also be hopeless and
Phillip Perez was incensed when he walked in the small apartment. He made his presence known by slamming the door open with an immense strength fueled by drunken rage. He has received some upsetting news that is the cause of this inappropriate entrance on this late night. His girlfriend, Melanie Krizek is flirting with another man according to a friend he was with at the club earlier. His unreasonable response to this rumor is to loudly enter the small apartment and wake the two ladies occupying the home.
In fact, according to the article, “History of Battered Women’s Movement”, domestic violence began all the way back to 753 B.C (2014). There was a law that stated that a husband could strike their wife with a rod or switch as long as the circumference was not larger than the base of his right thumb (Ibid). A key idea to keep in mind is stated in the article, “Domestic Violence in the 1970’s”. It mentioned that domestic abuse was still commonly unrecognized by everyday citizens in the early 1970s (2015). Consequently, men who battered women was considered a confidential affair and was not worth facilitating (“Domestic Violence in the 1970’s”, 2015).
Domestic violence can be described as when one adult in a relationship misuses power to control another. It is the establishment of control and fear
Externalizing problems are disobeying rules, physical aggression, and threatening others. As a result of constant interparental violence, a child's coping ability may be, depleted, which, can result in physiological problems(Kelley 1025) And over time, the more these children are exposed to this violence, their ability to regulate feelings of, fear and worry, is weakened causing them to be, more vulnerable to internalizing problems. However, the children who are better able to maintain these feelings are more likely to experience internalizing problems(Kelley 1026). Witnessing parental violence affects a child's
What could you do to stop it? Studies have shown that children exposed to domestic violence negatively impacted in reaching developmental milestones. Young children show signs of slowed process with talking, walking and socialisation and are reluctant to trust people around them. These children suffer higher levels of anxiety when leaving their parents and often show abnormal behaviour when at school including, shyness, violent behaviour and aggression towards others and difficulty 'fitting in'. These children may feel worthless, ashamed, embarrassed and
I think that exposure to intimate partner violence can be a form of abuse. This exposure can be mentally and emotionally scarring to children of all ages. Obviously some events are more tragic than others, but almost all children could suffer from traumatic events related to IPV. As the video “The Children Next Door” mentioned, 5 million children experience childhood domestic violence every year. The children in this from suffered from mood swings, and anxiety that their dad might come back for their mom.
Domestic violence can impact anyone regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, religion, or gender. Domestic abuse not only affects the individuals involved, but children who are there to witness an abuse. For example, studies have shown that children who witnesses their parents in an abusive situation will go on and repeat the cycle. In addition, children who witnesses a mother getting abused may feel like it is their fault for not being able to protect their mother. Ultimately, children themselves may become victims of abuse.
Domestic violence exists, it is a serious and an important issue I believe should be brought to the table of conversation. Domestic violence can rip family’s apart, cause people to loose trust in one another, as well as bring victims to their lowest points of self-worth. The abuse can be issued from multiple persons in the family: father to child, mother to child, teenage child
Once a child is married, she is more likely to be a victim of domestic violence. The World Health Organization reported, 35% of women worldwide have experienced either intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. The effects of violence on a victim's health are
Many women are experiencing controlling and violent environment which should be about intimacy, love and care. In relation to this social justice issue, domestic violence all these theories can be applied effectively to assist in a practitioner’s work. Psychodynamic is a micro leveled practice involving more individualized work investigating the user’s unconscious behaviors and mental processors. Systems theory focuses on keeping a balanced equilibrium with marriage counselling and other forms of community assistance to help the user adapt to their environment. The critical perspective, feminist theory, works alongside the user in order to help identify social injustices and assists to empower and educate them.
Honor based violence and domestic violence are two common forms of violence that exist in our world today, and have for many years (Devaney, 2014; Hague, Gill, & Begikhani, 2013; Olwan, 2013). Honor based violence is defined as any sort of incident performed by a male relative that is done in order to preserve family honor (Eshareturi, Lyle, & Morgan, 2014). It is commonly associated with Middle Eastern nations (Belfrage, Strand, Ekman, Hasselborg, 2012; Olwan, 2013; Standish, 2014). Domestic violence is defined as In both instances of honor based violence and domestic violence, victims can be seen as losing power and control within their own lives, which proves difficult when trying to come forward to gain help. This can be noted in the
A child who experiences trauma of domestic violence will hinder their emotional growth, hence the child will not develop and maintain a normal level of trust. A child that experiences domestic violence or is exposed to domestic violence can develop a fear of their environment, for they think that everyone will try to hurt them. They also do not trust anyone with their problems or issues, hence they will keep everything inside and this will affect their state of mind. An abused spouse may experience chronic psydiasmatic pain or pain due to diffuse trauma without visible evidence. This form of pain will have a very bad effect on the body.
Child abuse is, thus, the outcome of having cultured or experienced dysfunctional childcare practices, or not having learned these practices. For instance, someone may have violent behavior because he or she has learned it from other aggressive role models, thus they will rely on such ways to discipline their own children as punishment. Though this is theory takes into accounts the importance of the development of an adult, it could not explain why although boys and girls are likely to be abused, still men are mostly represented among the offenders. It could not suffer any abuse become abuser (CORBY, 1993; 2000; BROUGHAM, 1997; BROWNE, 1995; DEACON AND GOCKE,
The maltreatment of children not only affects the children themselves, but also affects the family by making it dysfunctional. To prevent this awful child-battering, people should know what exactly child abuse is, its effects, and how to refrain it. Understanding exactly about the concept of child abuse will make the abuser know that this behavior is wrong and that s/he needs to stop the mistreatment of kids. If you see that a child has
Domestic Violence Problem Migdalia Villanueva Kaplan University CJ-333 Domestic violence is a crime that is faced in not only America but other countries across the globe. The overall purpose of this study is to show the impact domestic violence will not only have on the American society but also in other countries, I choose to look at the countries of Canada, Australia, England and Saudi Arabia The first pages of the essay illustrate the problems which have been faced in America because of the high increase in domestic violence rates. As portrayed in the essay, there are several problems which will be similar to the ones which encountered in the different countries that will be mentioned in the essay.