Beruflich Dokumente
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Mariyah Brown
Professor Graue
English 1201
24 March 2019
Domestic Violence
“It hurts the most when the person that made you feel so special yesterday, makes you
relationship, which one partner gains control of their partner. Originally society thought the only
victims of domestic violence were women, but that quickly changed when women took over men
and started abusing them. Female partners were no longer the only victims of domestic violence.
Male partners now were victims of domestic violence, as well as kids. The question is how does
domestic violence affect the partners in the relationship as well as the children, if there are any?
Domestic violence causes physical, mental, and emotional abuse to the partners and children in
To begin, even though, male partners, female partners, and children can all be victims of
domestic violence. Female partners are more likely to be the victims in domestic violence
situation. Women in domestic violence relationships are killed, end up homeless, and/or lost their
job because of domestic abuse from their partner. According to Chemaly, “Number of people per
minute who experience intimate partner violence in the U.S.: 24”(Chemaly). Every minute 24
women are involved in a domestic violence relationship. Out of the 24 every minute, sixty-three
percent of them end up homeless because they run away from the relationship, but have nowhere
to go, but the streets. Ninety-two percent of those women have kids that are also affected by the
domestic violence relationship. The ninety-two percent of women with kids end up homeless as
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well because they have nowhere to go. Two in three women end up dead by their partner due to
abuse. It is hard for women to get out of domestic violence relationships and when they get out
of the relationship, most of them end up homeless. Other women are found dead by their partner
or some women kill themselves because they see no other way out of the relationship.
In addition, most of female homicides are from the partner killing them. In domestic
violence relationships, female’s homes are the most dangerous place for them. According to data
from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, at least 50,000 women were killed by their
partners, which is where 58 percent of female homicides are from. Women struggle the most out
of male, female, or children victims because they are the most likely group to get shot and killed
by their partners. Females most likely get killed from domestic violence relationships because of
stereotypes from society and gender-bias. Their partners do not believe that they can carry on
their normal life or they do not want them to speak out about the situations. In society, women
seem like an easier target than males because society thinks women are not powerful nor do they
think that women have the ability to speak up when something is wrong.
Moreover, if women escape from the domestic violence relationship, they have to deal
with mental and physical problems. According to Jo Richardson, “Physical injury, mental health
problems, and complications of pregnancy are some of the health consequences that result from
violence inflicted on women by their male partners or former partners” (Richardson). The
women in the relationship will deal with physical injury, mental problems, and sometimes
pregnancy complications. Women are being beaten pretty bad during domestic violence
relationships, which will result in bad injuries physically. When women go through the abuse the
mental stabilitiness gets shaken up and so after they are all the way out of the abusive
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relationship they have mental problems that they cannot control. If the woman was beaten with
serious injuries, then she will have trouble with making and giving birth to kids.
This picture shows some health issues that women go through during and after being
abused by their partner. Women have a hard time of coping when they get abused because they
feel that they have no support from their partner anymore, so they have to find other ways to
cope from the abuse. Some women want to kill themselves because they do not want to go
through PTSD or the trauma they were put through. Some women become paranoid of the
situation and do not want to leave their home after the abuse. Many women cannot have kids
Many women dealing with domestic violence have been caged not just physically, but
mentally as well. It causes women to close up and women do not tend to want to open up to
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anybody about the situation or the trauma they went through. According to Alanna Vagianos,
many women have been caged due to domestic violence. Women that been through domestic
violence have been through physical, mental, and emotional abuse. Women been through
Furthermore, children are traumatized when they experience their parent get abuse by
their other parent. Children start to observe the tension around the house and see how affected
the mother is. U.S. government statistics stated that ninety-five percent of domestic violence
cases are involved with men as the abusers to the women. Children in a household with domestic
violence often experience it. 3-4 million children between 3 and 17 years old have been exposed
or will be exposed to their parent getting abused by another parent. The child starts to see the
physical and sexual abuse of their parents. Children would hear threats and fighting noises,
experience torture from the father to the mother, and seeing the mother in fear. Children who
deal with this now have a fear marriage or just people around them. They keep up a guard to
make them feel safe and protected from their community. Children who experience abuse in the
Moreover, children who observes domestic violence may be at risk of having mental and
health problems when they are older. According to WomensHealth, “Children in homes where
one parent is abused may feel fearful and anxious. They may always be on guard, wondering
when the next violent event will happen. This can cause them to react in different ways,
depending on their age”(WomensHealth). Younger kids who experiences one of their parents
being abused tends to gain a fear of terror. They begin to feel scared in their own house and want
to stay away from the abuser. Children in middle school who experiences one of their parents
being abused tends to stay away from people at school and outside of school. They do not really
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want to feel bothered and so they end up alone. Also, they get unfocused on what is important
and their self-esteem goes down. Teenagers who experiences abuse in their household tends to
start trouble at school. They seek attention because they feel unwanted at home. The teens start
to get into more fights, using drugs, and do risky behavior. Children who experienced domestic
violence in the house are at risk to be abusers when they are older because that is what they are
used to.
This picture shows some short-term and long-term effects of children experiencing
domestic violence in the household. Children go through a lot when they experience one of their
parents getting abused by their partner. It is harder for children to cope with seeing their parent
getting abused because they feel like they cannot do anything about it. They feel alone and go
through many symptoms from domestic violence. Children do not get much attention, while
there is abuse going on in the household. They have to find other ways to express themselves
Usually when society thinks about the topic domestic violence, they automatically think
females are the victims. In some cases males can be the victims of domestic violence and get
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abused by their partners. When men deal with being abused in a relationship they tend to have
low self esteem and low confidence. Society does not believe that women are powerful enough
to abuse a male. They believe males are strong enough to fight back and stand up for themselves.
According to an army ranger, his ex-wife abused him when going through custody battles and
their divorce. He has proof of him getting beaten from his camera and showed the cops. Many
people will not believe that males get abused by their partner because they always seen them as
the abusers instead of the victims. Male victims do not feel welcomed in places where they can
go to be protected from their abusers. The places are mostly set for female victims, instead of
male victims because it is less likely for males to be victims, as said before.
This picture shows that men do not get the support they need, like women do. Men are
the underdogs when it comes to being victims of abuse. People tend to forget about the male
Male victims do not get support from being abused like females. When men are abused
people do not take it seriously or take it lightly. They do not see the female as being much of a
threat to the male. As if the male was the abuser, people would see the male as a threat to the
female. Either way, if the male is the victim or the female, abusing or domestic violence should
not be taken lightly. Just because males seem stronger and more powerful, does not mean they
can protect themselves from abuse from females. Some males do not want to hurt the female and
end up in jail for protecting themselves. Some males do not want to seem like they were the
abuser from protecting themselves because it is easier to put the blame on them, instead of
To conclude, domestic violence can cause physical, mental, and emotional abuse for men,
women, and children that experience the situation. Children have a hard time coping with
experiencing their parent going through abuse from their partner, it depends on the age mostly.
Children tend to get in more trouble at school for attention. Some children wants to be lonely and
learn how to deal with the issue by themselves. Women who are victims of abuse have more
physical and mental problems than children. Women go through PTSD and with the PTSD
running through their minds, most women end up committing suicide. They do not want to keep
living through the trauma of their situation. Some women cannot get pregnant and have a child
due to abuse. Some women want to be left alone and get paranoid every step they make. Men do
not really have an affect, but they do not get supported for their trauma. They do not get
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