Domestic Violence

Domestic violence, we all hear about it, in fact over 6 million kids witness domestic violence annually. Many people believe that domestic violence isn’t a huge issue but it has major effects that can result in physical injury, physiological trauma, and sometimes death. Annually, 37 billion dollars are the health costs of domestic violence, 37 billion dollars that could be put to better use. The consequences of domestic violence can cross generations and truly last a lifetime, therefore community programs, education and intervention, increased censorship in television, and harsher penalties as well as easy accessible help needs to be a focus throughout high schools as well as throughout the mid-twenties.
Preventing domestic violence starts with understanding the causes of it. As defined by helpguide.org domestic violence is characterized as, “Domestic abuse, also known as spousal abuse, occurs when one person in an intimate relationship or marriage tries to dominate and control the other person. Domestic abuse that includes physical violence is called domestic violence.” Domestic violence has many effects to victims such as physical and mental problems; also victims can lose their jobs because of nonattendance due to illness as a result of the violence. “Compared to women with no mental health disorders, measured over their adult life, women with depressive disorders were around 2.5 times more likely to have been victims of domestic violence (with a prevalence estimated at 45.8%)”(Paddock 2). According to Smith, “Emotional abuse includes verbal abuse such as yelling, name-calling, blaming, and shaming. Isolation, intimidation, and controlling behavior also fall under emotional abuse.” “For economically stressed battered women, ...

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