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Family Abuse ALTHOUGH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCLUDES SIBLING ABUSE AND ELDER ABUSE, AND CHILD ABUSE THE FOCUS OF MY ESSAY IS ON SPOUSE ABUSE. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS MANY NAMES; FAMILY VIOLENCE, BATTERING, WIFE BEATING, AND DOMESTIC ABUSE. ALL THESE TERMS REFER TO THE SAME THING, ABUSE BY A MARITAL, COMMON LAW, OR A DATING PARTNER IN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT LIMITED TO PHYSICAL BEATINGS. IT IS ANY BEHAVIOUR THAT IS INTENDED TO SUBJUGATE AND CONTROL ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THROUGH THE USE OF HUMILIATION, FEAR, AND PHYSICAL OR VERBAL ASSAULTS. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY BECAUSE IT HAS SUCH A PROFOUND NEGATIVE AFFECT ON THE ABUSED, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY, AND MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP THE ABUSED AND PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING FURTHER. EVEN THOUGH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN BE CAUSED BY EITHER THE MALE OR THE FEMALE IT IS USUALLY CAUSED BY THE MALE DUE TO THEIR CONTROLLING NATURE AND PHYSICAL ADVANTAGE. HISTORY AND CAUSES SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME PHYSICAL FORCE HAS BEEN USED TO KEEP SUBORDINATE GROUPS IN THEIR PLACE BY DOMINANT PEOPLE IN SOCIETY. MEN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PHYSICALLY LARGER THAN WOMEN AND SINCE MOST SOCIETIES ARE MALE DOMINATED, TOO NO SURPRISE THE WOMAN HAS ALMOST ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST COMMON VICTIM. IN ROMAN TIMES, A MAN WAS ALLOWED TO DIVORCE, CHASTISE, OR EVEN KILL HIS WIFE FOR ADULTERY, ATTENDING PUBLIC GAMES, OR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS. ALL OF WHICH THE HUSBAND WAS ALLOWED TO FREELY PARTAKE IN. DURING THE MIDDLE AGES IT WAS MANS RIGHT TO BEAT HIS WIFE OR KILL HER FOR SO MUCH AS GIVING HER HUSBAND A DIRTY LOOK. THE FIRST RECORDED ADVOCATES AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WERE TWO AUTHOR BY NAMES OF CHRISTIAN PIZAN AND MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT. EVEN THOUGH THE ISSUE WAS BEING PUB... ... middle of paper ... ...ERTAINMENT INDUSTRY STILL GLAMORIZES AND TONES DOWN THE SERIOUSNESS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THERE ARE STILL POLICE THAT IGNORE AND TRIVIALIZE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND JUDGES THAT GIVE WEAK PUNISHMENT OR SIMPLY LET THE ABUSERS OFF ARE ALL PROBLEMS THAT ARE PLAGUING OUR SOCIETY AND MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I THINK THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT OUR EFFORT IS JUST NOT STRONG ENOUGH. OUR MESSAGE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CRIME IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH EITHER. WHAT ARE THESE ABUSIVE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO THINK WHEN THEY ARE ARRESTED, GIVEN A SLAP ON THE WRIST, AND THEN RELEASED THE NEXT DAY. MY RESEARCH HAS OPENED MY EYES AND MADE ME AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. IN THE FUTURE I WILL DO WHAT IS IN MY POWER TO HELP GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS AND PREVENT IT IF POSSIBLE. Bibliography:

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