Argumentative Essay On Domestic Violence

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Domestic Violence
Do you know what domestic violence is? Domestic violence is when someone has been physically, emotionally, or mentally abused. Some signs of domestic violence is when your partner humiliates you, threatens to kill the individual or themselves. Someone that has gone through physical, emotional, or mental abuse normally are more aware of the signs. This essay will cover the harmful effects of physical, emotional, and mental abuse.
Physical abuse is when someone lays their hands on an individual or family member. “Domestic abuse is described as involving the physical violence, sexual, emotional or financial abuse between current or former partners in an intimate relationship” (Bostock, Plumption, and Pratt 95). What the quotes saying is domestic violence doesn’t mean there is just one type of abuse. Several people that have come a crossed my path have dealt with physical abuse. One lady was severely abused that she suffered a severe concussion. “ In addition to the physical injuries already noted, ranging from bruising to death, abused women suffer from health and psychological problems” (Davies 5). People who are abused don’t just suffer from injuries on the outside but also on the inside.
Out of all the types of abuse emotional is the hardest one to overcome. “Victims of domestic violence often suffer from depression and other emotional injuries related to the persistent degradation of their self-esteem and psychologic functioning as a result of abuse” (Gerdes 42). Domestic violence suffers spend lots of money on counseling to get help. “They have a significantly higher level of anxiety, depression and somatic complaints than women who have not suffered such abuse” (Davies 5). Sufferers from domestic viol...

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...ts released within 24 hours. Americans believe that the abusers should be in jail for more than 24 hours after getting arrested. The abuser always seems to have people on their side compared to the ones who actually get abused.
Domestic violence happens all over the world and not just to women but also men. “Violence against women is linked with feelings of depression, anxiety, fear, guilt, shame and stress for the victim, an increased risk of completing suicide and physical health problems” (Bostock, Plumpton, Pratt 96). Physically putting your hands on a women can cause women to have a lot of problems with themselves and others. Causing them to think horrible thoughts of themselves or of others because of what they have went through. They deal with problems that most people don’t deal with, they have to suffer with living in fear for the rest of their lives.

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