The Physical Effects Of Domestic Violence

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Marsella Ortiz
Mr. Tiernan
COMP 101
13 November 2014 Title When it comes to a relationship between two people there is suppose to be an equal balance of power, trust, and their contribution . However, that isn 't always the case when behind closed doors women are experiencing domestic violence but different in forms. Gellert defines it as, “Domestic violence occurs between members of a family or partners in an intimate relationship. It includes murders, rapes, robberies or assaults committed by spouse, ex-spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends” (146). The act of domestic violence is harming someone intentionally but it most likely to be a significant other or someone blood related (Gellert 146). Women tend to be the ones who suffer the …show more content…

It can even include physical effects that many might think of such as Joyful heart foundation states, "Chronic fatigue, shortness of breath muscle tension, involuntary shaking, changes in eating and sleeping pattern problems issues with menstrual cycle or fertility, and sexual dysfunction”. Some of the physical can not simply be repaired by the women herself so at times they might have to seek medical attention. When people experience domestic violence and it leaves wounds that does cost the United states about 4.1 billion dollars for “medical and mental health services” yearly (qtd. in Klap 579).

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Rennison, Callie Marie, Walter S. DeKeseredy, and Molly

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