CA 3 - Violence Against Women

Running Head : VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Domestic Violence

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Domestic Violence

According to statistics of recorded crimes in California , seventy five percent are women who are killed by an intimate partner . Moreover , more than eighty percent was being abused by a spouse or a boyfriend (CPEDV 2007

Domestic or intimate partner violence has been a major problem in California . It includes violence between spouses , former or current partners , etc . It occurs in every part of the globe , regardless of culture and economic status . Women are more likely to

suffer from domestic violence rather than males . Domestic violence involves physical , sexual , verbal , emotional and psychological abuse . Physical abuse includes intentional using of force that can cause severe injury disability , and even death . When an intimate partner use bodily force to oblige his partner in a sexual act reluctantly or if he used obnoxious sexual contact , that is considered a form of sexual violence . Verbal and emotional abuse includes use of insults or any forms of humiliating acts against his partner . In psychological abuse , the victim is being dominated by her partner : controlling her , withholding facts from the victim , making the victim feel inferior , separating the victim from her family , and rebuffing her from money access or other essential resources . Economic abuse is when the victim has lost control from her own economic resources . Also , part of economic abuse is preventing his partner to finish school or won 't allow her to get a job

Domestic violence was considerably related with her childhood 's experience , having lower education , liberal thoughts about the roles of women , substance or alcohol use , faithfulness , having a close friend or other intimate partner , her partner 's drinking habit , either of the couple supports the family financially , and the like . Age , employment economic difference , cohabitation , domestic assets , urbanization conjugal status , and insights of cultural norms on women 's function in the society show trivial associations with the probability of domestic violence . Studies imply that domestic violence is most strongly associated to the type of women in a society and to the normative use of violence in conflict situations or as part of the exercise of power (Jewkes et al , 2002

Possible consequences of domestic violence include severe injury (bilateral bruises , broken bones , internal bleeding , and even death higher rate of long-term health problems such as headaches , back pain sexually transmitted disease , urinary infections , appetite loss , and abdominal pain , and gynecological , chronic stress and psychological problems such as trauma , sense of inferiority , nightmares , anxiety feeling of depression and the like . Not only the victim can suffer from the consequences of domestic violence , her family , especially children who had witnessed the violence may acquire post-traumatic stress dis , behavioral problems , and depressions . The incidence can leave a mark or a scar for everyone involved (Domestic Violence Intervention Center , 2008

Many cases of domestic violence are not being reported , this is due to the victim 's fear of her former partner that he may stalk , attack or even kill her anytime if...