Interpersonal Violence and Abuse and the LGBTQ Community

Interpersonal Violence and Abuse and the LGBTQ Community

Realizing that one of the discoveries about IPV or DV is that it actually cuts through cultures , class , race , creed and colour . Although allegations after allegations that there is no sufficient data about same-sex IPV to fully support whatever theoretical viewpoints there may be on the factors that lead to such occurrences , there have been readily available information to provide the reader with knowledge to understand the issue Detailed Observations

If individuals managed to hide their gender preference or homosexuality there is a

greater tendency that IPV later on will also be manageably hidden creating potentially risky behaviors as a consequence . I am dismayed that within the MSM (Men having Sex with Men ) and Lesbian couples the incidence of them being batterers and them becoming repeated abusers because oftentimes they use isolation as a weapon against their victims . This is their strategy to ensure that they can control their victims

Support services for victims are not necessarily effective due to the nature of the liaison , i .e , the stigma to the LGBT kind of relationship is likely to deter a victim to request or ask for help Since statistics demonstrate that the prevalence of GLBT IPV /DV is as common as its heterosexual counterpart , the degree and kind of abuse that are inflicted mirror what are commonly occurring in any domestic violence . Just as there may also be a possible resulting homicide , cases of femicide are the most common in either...