Domestic Violence Sociology

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There are various factors which are linked to be the causes of violence within families. Despite many of this factors have been identified, there has been no amicable solution for preventing domestic violence. Beliefs, attitudes, morals, and values accorded by some of the members of the community to either support or do not support domestic violence are associated with violence within families. There are certain beliefs which are held within a particular community which promote domestic violence. The roles and responsibility for women and men in the society sometimes cultivate an environment where domestic violence thrives. For instance, women in the community are supposed to be submissive to their husbands, this belief has been promoting domestic violence within the community. Despite women being mistreated they cannot present their problems to other members in the society since they will be humiliated by being told that they need to be submissive to their husbands. This has majorly made women to be victims for domestic violence within families. In addition, there is the belief that men are the bread winners of the family, therefore when women are been mistreated they suffer silently fearing that if they leave the relationship they will not receive any financial support from the men. This makes them to …show more content…

Children who have been brought up in a family where there is violence might adopt such a moral when they grow up and exercise them once they enter into those marriages. In addition, the moral decadence currently in our societies concerning domestic violence is being copied by our children. For instance, some male child may grow up knowing that ladies are always under men, therefore they have no power over them at any particular point in time. Therefore, this aspect perpetuates domestic violence in the society in future

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