The Pros And Cons Of Violence Against Women

Women throughout the world experience many forms of violence or inequality. This is present in abuse, female genital mutilation and child marriages. Violence against women is generally brushed aside in the western world as a third world problem. While it is more commonly an issue in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, it is still relevant in other countries. Many women in western culture still experience abuse and rape, and even a form of FGM (‘the husband stitch’). 30 percent of women who have been in a relationship have been physically or sexually assaulted by their partner. This ranges from 23.2% in high income countries and 24.6% in the Western Pacific areas to 37% in the Eastern Mediterranean area and 37.7% in the South-East Asia region (World Health Organisation, 2017).

Abuse

Abuse is a term that is generally used to describe a situation when the abuser is a in an intimate or family relationship with the person they abuse. In these cases, the common terms are domestic violence or family violence. Domestic violence is agreed to be violence between people in an intimate

There are three types of FGM, clitoridectomy (complete or partial removal of the clitoris), excision (partial or total removal of the clitoris, labia minora or labia majora) and infibulation (narrowing or repositioning of the vaginal opening). All other harmful procedures (pricking, piercing etc) to female genitalia for non-medical reasons, are also considered FGM. (World Health Organisation, 2018) The most common one used in western culture is infibulation. Often called ‘the husband stitch’, it occurs when, after pregnancy, the vagina gets one more stitch. This is sometimes requested by the husband, hence the term ‘the husband stitch’. All these procedures can cause long-term and short-term problems, like difficulty and pain during intercourse, passing urine and menstrual blood and day to day