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Domestic Violence Awareness Month Research Paper

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Domestic abuse is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other forms of abuse done by one partner to another. It can happen to anyone, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and other factors. Domestic violence results in physical injury, psychological trauma, and in some cases, death. On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States alone. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, so I chose to find an ad about it. When I first chose this ad, I took the picture into deep consideration. I looked at all of the details first. She has a bruise over her left eye, she is wearing a niqab, and although …show more content…

Victims of domestic violence may be trapped in the toxic relationship due to power, control, insufficient financial support, fear, or to protect the children. Domestic abuse is one of the most chronically unreported crimes. Only about ¼ of all physical assaults, 1/5 of all rapes, and ½ of all stalking done to females by intimate partners are reported to the authorities. One of the main reasons for those statistics are that the victims almost always blame themselves for the fact that they got abused, they rarely ever actually blame the …show more content…

Fighting women’s abuse together.” Men play a critical role in fighting against domestic violence. For many years, violence against women has been seen as a “women’s issue” but it is in fact, a human issue. It isn’t just random women who are being abused, it’s your sisters, wives, co-workers, mothers, and daughters. It’s women all around the world, who don’t have a voice to stand up for themselves. That’s why many organizations were founded, including MAAN (Men Against Abuse Now) and Men Stopping Violence. They both work either locally, nationally, or internationally to dismantle social structures and institutional practices that oppress women and dehumanize men

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