Compare and Contrast Domestic Violence/Spousal Abuse Between Different Cultures

p A Comparison and Contrast of Domestic Violence /Spousal Abuse Between Different Cultures

Introduction

Sexual harassment occurs in public work and educational settings , so it is subject to antidiscrimination laws . In contrast , violence against women in the home has long been protected by the privacy accorded to the family and the implicit right permitted to husbands to rule over their wives and children . Behind closed doors , battery verbal abuse and life threatening assaults may be taking place regularly . This delves into domestic violence and its many faces . It shall look into

the different cultures ' similarities and differences with regards to the issue , paying particular attention to the Muslim and the Chinese culture . In domestic violence , the harm is always reciprocal . Damage done to children always affects those who harm them . People are tightly bound together in the bundle of life . One cannot hurt without being hurt . Because the family unit is the basic component of society , when the family is hurt , society is damaged and civilization begins to crumble . When the smallest and the most innocent humans are mistreated there is no basis for a civilized society . With rampant abuse , no one can remain safe and sane . The begins at understanding the nature of violence and proceeds to examine closely spousal abuse in the family .The Nature of Violence

According to the FamilyDoctor .org website , domestic violence is abuse by a caregiver , a parent , a spouse or an intimate partner . It can take many forms . Here are some types of abuse : Physical abuse is the use of physical force sexual abuse means any forced sexual activity emotional abuse includes threats , constant criticism and put-downs . Controlling access to money and controlling activities are other abusive behaviors (Domestic Violence : Protecting Yourself and Your Children . In to understand this more , there is a need to understand the nature of violence . Violence is the use of strength - overt or hidden - with the objective of obtaining from an individual or a group something they do not want to consent to freely . Further , it must be noted that there are different kinds of violence . One must distinguish between direct and indirect or structural violence : Direct violence equates to physical violence while indirect or structural violence involves poverty exploitation , social injustice , no democracy , and the like . In a situation of violence , the parties involved in the conflict see their economic and social rights being violated as well as their civil and political rights . The short-term and long-term consequences of a violent conflict in terms of human rights violations are devastating and leave deep scars in societies

Human Nature and Violence

A setting to explore the relationship between human nature and war is provided by Thomas Hobbes , who presents a state of nature in which the 'true ' or 'underlying ' nature of man is likely to come to the fore of our attention . Hobbes is adamant that without an external power to impose laws , the state of nature would be one of immanent warfare . That is "during...