Violence: Leading Cause of Death

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Violence is the expression of physical or verbal force against self or other, compelling action against one’s will on pain of being hurt. Violence is every where around the world. Each year 1.6 million people world wide lose their lives to violence. Violence is among the leading causes of death for people aged 15-44 years worldwide; 14% of deaths among males and 7% among females. Neurobiologist Jan Volavka says “violent behavior is defined as overt and intentional physically aggressive behavior against another person.” which means that people are just violent because they choose to be. People should help people that are having violence problems at home because they suffer a lot from violence. Scientist do not know whether to agree or disagree on whether violence is inherited in humans. There are different kinds of violence, for example physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence.

Sexual violence can cause physical effect, psychological and social consequences. Sexual violence has profound immediate and long-term consequences on women’s physical and mental heal...

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