Is domestic violence assault against women as many would think? Well, that is a narrow description of domestic violence because not only women get violated in a family setting but also men or can be between adult siblings as well as violence against the elderly. In most cases, women have been perceived to suffer more under the bracket of domestic violence all over the world by their spouses whether in a legal relationship or just dating. In recent years abuse has really increased and leaves many wondering or making unusual decisions in life, for instance, a lady might decide to be a single mother to avoid unpredictable future assault.
Different parties undergo different types of assaults namely, sexual, physical and psychological but in different ways. Most people would tend to mistreat the elderly and s
...ome would even opt to dump them in homes for the elderly and never revisit the home. That’s cruel, right? Definitely, but Women suffer most in terms of domestic violence evidenced by the many campaigns and rise of activists against abuse of women. The puzzle remains on how to deal with individuals perpetrators of the offenses because it’s in rare cases the abuse is done by a group. Men are also becoming victims of violence, as the girl child becomes more protected in the society the boy child seems to be neglected. Women feel more empowered and protected and harass their men especially psychologically and make them feel inferior.
Everyone in a family can be a victim of violence and the worse thing is that these people are being harassed by their loved ones and it’s just not easy to file charges and
thus most suffer in silence. People should attend seminars conversing about family matters as well as love. So as to accept the existence of domestic violence, causes and the impacts of the same and should be accompanied by their teenage kids to avoid future occurrences. Somehow this might the world against any type of domestic violence.
