Understanding Same Sex Violence
INTRODUCTION
The article I chose for my popular press critique is called; Same sex domestic violence epidemic is silent by Maya Shwadyer. The reason why I chose this article was to learn why or how same domestic violence happens and I can give my friend/family help if they become in this situation. The article examines many cause and effects concepts of relationship violence and how to seek an end of abusive relationships. The three main points identified in this essay are, understanding what is relationship violence, intimate violence, defining homosexual and bisexual, causes and effects of same sex violence ( emotionally, physically, and cognitively.
SUMMAY OF ARTICLE
In the article Shwadyer explores the term homophobia and homosexual in society and its definition. She also examines the aspects of domestic violence and its toll on the relationship, survivor empowerment, violence statistics, and the changing views in politics/laws. But, Shwadyer does point out that data on same sex partner abuse is significantly low to that of heterosexual couples. With recent debates on same sex marriages psychologists and researchers have provided more data on same sex domestic violence. Even though they researchers and advocates provide some resources on the LGBT community, the majority of the information is too narrow to relate to its victims. Therefore, states and violence shelters need to urge same sex partners to speak up and mentor the LGBT’s in their population (Joyful heart foundation. 2013).
THEORY & METHODOLOGY
Now, relationship violence can be explained as a spouse of boyfriend/girlfriend using controlling behavior to intimidate, blame, isolate or threaten their partner (physically, emotional...
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...thoughts and policies on gender preferences so that victims and their families can seek help. We must understand that abuse is wrong and in order to fix it we must support individuals of the homosexual-bisexual community.
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Shwayder,M. (2013). A Same-Sex Domestic Violence Epidemic Is Silent. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/a-same-sex-domestic-violence-epidemic-is-silent/281131/
In this paper I will be telling you many different forms of domestic violence. I will include the physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, spiritual abuse, economic abuse, social abuse, and emotional abuse. I will also describe the "cycle of violence", teen dating violence, and why women stay with an abusive partner.
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The research describes four patterns of violence those are Coercive Controlling Violence, Violent Resistance, Situational, Couple Violence, and Separation-Instigated Violence. Kelly and Johnson (2008) explained that Coercive Controlling uses control tactics such as intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, minimizing, denying, and blaming, use of children, asserting male privilege, economic abuse, and coercion and threat, it is a non violent tactic that does not manifest itself in high levels of violence. This type of intimate partner violence is the most common type that is encountered in agencies. Violent resistance is a defensive mechanism that is legally known as self-defense. Women who are abused with Coercive Controlling Violence usually will resist it with their own violence (Kelly & Johnson, 2008, p.484). Situational couple violence is similar to the emotional abuse in coercive controlling violence. In the general population of married spouses and partners, situational couple violence is the most common type of physical aggression, which generally results from arguments that escalates into physical violence. In this type of domestic violence either one or both partners has a poor
The immense prevalence of domestic violence occurs nationally; even more the existent of disparities amongst racial and ethnic groups. The Office of the Attorney General Annual Report (2015), states that in 2013 African-American domestic violence homicide rates were three times higher than rate amongst Caucasians in Virginia. Only about half of domestic violence victims report incidents to law enforcement. Several identified barriers exist amongst African-American women that deter them from leaving the abusive relationship such as financial disparities, education, health, and economic resources (Campbel et al., 2008). African-American women experience domestic violence than Caucasian women in the age group of 20-24. However, Black and White's women experience the same level of victimization in all other age categories (Campbel et al., 2008). The study found that nonwhite LGBTQ are least likely to access formal legal resources because they interpret the law to be less inclusive of their relationships. Found higher negative perceptions of domestic violence law as it applies to same-gender relationships. Furthermore, these findings imply that non-white LGB may be largely (and likely, unintentionally) excluded from the community-based outreach and education of advocacy and service organizations, explaining the existence of any potential knowledge gaps with regards to legal resources, changing policies, and protections. While these organizations seek to inform the LGBTQ community of such issues, there may be a substantial gap in who receives educational outreach and how they receive this outreach (Guadalupe-Diz,
Marriage is the legal or formally recognized union of a man and a woman, or two people or the same sex as partners in a relationship. Marriage rates in the United States have changed drastically since the last 90’s and early 2000 years (Cherlin 2004). Marital decline perspective and marital resilience perspective are the two primary perspectives and which we believe are the results from the decline. The marital decline perspective is the view that the American culture has become increasingly individualistic and preoccupied with personal happiness (Amato, 2004). The change in attitudes has changed the meaning of marriage as a whole, from a formal institution
Domestic violence (DV) is a pattern of controlling behavior that involves abuse by one family member or intimate partner to another (e.g., marriage or cohabitation). There are varied forms of DV that range from subtle, coercive forms, to violent abuses, which can result in death. According to affects Jain & Chaturvedi (2010), “DV affects humans of all age groups, worldwide”. It takes place in various relationships, such as heterosexual or LGBTQI relationships and it can also be directed toward children in the family. For the purposes of this paper, the author will analyze the impacts of DV on the health of children. This will be done in attempts to broaden current knowledge on this issue from a social work perspective.
"Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own family." (C,J Newton, 2011)
An occurrence of violence is typically companied with controlling and emotionally abusive behavior which makes up a small amount of the pattern that is part of the dominance and control of the partner inflicting the abuse. Some effects of intimate partner violence include physical injury, trauma psychologically, and even death in extreme cases. The occurrence of domestic violence can go one for someone’s entire life and it can even be passed down to future generations. This happens when the abuse is not reported or dealt with and the children begin to see it on a regular basis making it something that they know as a second nature thing that happens. In occurrences of domestic violence, violence is not equal which means that even if victim their abuser back or initiates more violence to diffuse a situation, the violence is not the same. Whenever abuse occurs there is always one person who is the “primary, constant, source of power, control, and abuse in the relationship” (NCADV,
It is the hope of these policy makers that these campaigns have influence women to speak out about their abuse in a hope to aid data regarding domestic violence ( ). Other challenges this policy may face include Domestic and family violence in rural and remote communities, as well as Domestic and family violence in gay, lesbian,
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Domestic violence is a growing problem that occurs not only in the United States but also around the world as well. It can happen between partners in a same-sex relationship or at times the man will be the victim of a female partners abuse. However, a majority of the domestic abuse cases that we know about are women who have been battered by their male partner’s abuse. The reality of the matter is that each day the statistics on domestic violence is getting scarier. According to Loseke and Kurz (2005), “Families are, statistically speaking, very dangerous places for women but not for men: more than 40 percent of women’s hospital emergency room visits, arising from intentional violence were caused by their male intimates; violence by intimates caused fewer than 5 percent of visits by men; for every 1 man hospitalized for spousal assault, 46 women are hospitalized”. This just shows how big of an issue domestic violence really is especially in intimate partner violent (IPV) relationships. Intimate partner violence often times includes sexual violence and can also include psychological abuse; both can also accompany physical violence (Jewkes, 2002). Many people probably don’t think about it unless it is happening to them or a friend. Domestic abuse towards women can take many forms; women can be raped, physically, verbally or emotionally abused. They can also be the victims of slaps, pushes, shoves, kicks, having things thrown at them, or even being choked. Violence against women especially domestic violence is a very difficult thing to detect because it is personal and intimate. In order to deal with this issue we first need to figure out what leads men to be violent toward women, then we need to figure out why the victims decide not...
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