Battered Women Essay

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This research topic is on battered women and it is focused on acquiring more knowledge and understanding about women who have experienced such situation either in their past or present life, from every race and culture, by trying to figure out: Who is creating this pain and suffering? What are they doing to stop such abuse on them? When are they planning to stand up and defend themselves by seeking for help? Why do they still choose to remain in such relationship? How do they manage the situation? All of these questions is what the research questions and hypotheses tend to explore.
Violence against women is a global problem that affects people and countries everywhere in varying degrees. The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed, through …show more content…

The abusive partner may keep on pleading to change for good and they may reconcile for a while, but the abuse will still happen later on.
Question 6- Is it because they want their children to always have a …show more content…

not for only this reason but because they are afraid to make the move in separating or divorcing the partner.
Question 7- Why do some cultural contexts blame the women for the abused?
Some cultures feel that the women as done something wrong to offend her partner that is why she was beaten and they blame the victim while exonerating the perpetrator.
Question 8- Leaving the partner does it prevent protection from being abused again?
There is no grantee if battered women will not experience such abuse in another relationship, but the major focus is to be careful in the kind of partner they choose to select, by avoiding any male partner that may have some similarities with the formal one.
Question 9- Is it because of societal status?
Various social-psychological factors like patriarchy, inadequate social support from workplace and community agencies, women’s economic dependency and personal factors have contributed as impeding factors that prevent women from leaving their abusive relationship.
Question 10- Battered women who left their abusive relationship are they able to find balance in

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