Intimate partner violence is one of the worse crimes that happen in society. From domestic violence to sexual assault, intimate partner violence has caused severe pain and problems in our society. Whether it be, male on female, female on male, male on male, or female on female, violence does not discriminate who it effects. To learn more about this societal problem that is intimate partner violence it must be asked the, what it is, who it effects, and why it happens. That is what the reason for this paper is for.
To begin to explain the tragedy that is intimate partner violence it first needs to be conferred what is intimate partner violence. According to the Centers for Disease control (2014) intimate partner violence is the authentic or threatened …show more content…
Intimate partner violence can occur anywhere and at any time. Unfortunately almost all cases of intimate partner violence occur inside the home. The reason for this is because the male or female perpetrator can have complete control of the environment and use it for their, own personal gain. They will use this to keep their abuse a secret as long as possible to gain absolute control over the victim. There are no witnesses to this crime unless it is the children who are too afraid to say anything or they have been raised in that situation for long enough that they do not know better. This problem continues to grow into a nasty violent …show more content…
People need to recognize the reasons why women would ever stay with the abusive partner weather he be her boyfriend, fiancé, or husband. The World Health Organization evidence suggests that women who are abused women adopt strategies to take full advantage of their desperate situation and for their safety of them and their children. Heise and colleagues (1999) suggest that if a woman is inactive to leave it may be a deliberate calculation to protect her children and also herself. Some of their reasons why a woman would not leave the violent relationship is because of her fear that her partner out of anger, would retaliate against her in a violent matter for example finding her and assaulting her for leaving him. Most predatory partners that abuse their partners also control all the finances and will not let their partners get a job which blocks any means of escape economically. When they do leave they will have no job or lack job experience to get a new job to support herself. Women also believe that their friends and family would not support them if they decide to leave their partner. They also have severe concern of the safety of their children. They are afraid if they leave and try to divorce their husbands that they might lose custody of their children through the courts during the divorce process and their husband would continue his abuse on their children instead of his
To begin to explain the tragedy that is intimate partner violence it first needs to be conferred what is intimate partner violence. According to the Centers for Disease control (2014) intimate partner violence is the authentic or threatened …show more content…
Intimate partner violence can occur anywhere and at any time. Unfortunately almost all cases of intimate partner violence occur inside the home. The reason for this is because the male or female perpetrator can have complete control of the environment and use it for their, own personal gain. They will use this to keep their abuse a secret as long as possible to gain absolute control over the victim. There are no witnesses to this crime unless it is the children who are too afraid to say anything or they have been raised in that situation for long enough that they do not know better. This problem continues to grow into a nasty violent …show more content…
People need to recognize the reasons why women would ever stay with the abusive partner weather he be her boyfriend, fiancé, or husband. The World Health Organization evidence suggests that women who are abused women adopt strategies to take full advantage of their desperate situation and for their safety of them and their children. Heise and colleagues (1999) suggest that if a woman is inactive to leave it may be a deliberate calculation to protect her children and also herself. Some of their reasons why a woman would not leave the violent relationship is because of her fear that her partner out of anger, would retaliate against her in a violent matter for example finding her and assaulting her for leaving him. Most predatory partners that abuse their partners also control all the finances and will not let their partners get a job which blocks any means of escape economically. When they do leave they will have no job or lack job experience to get a new job to support herself. Women also believe that their friends and family would not support them if they decide to leave their partner. They also have severe concern of the safety of their children. They are afraid if they leave and try to divorce their husbands that they might lose custody of their children through the courts during the divorce process and their husband would continue his abuse on their children instead of his