Arguement For Domestic Violence

Nobody living on this Earth would like seeing anyone being physically abused. Domestic violence is important to me because they are women/ children/ men who are being abused and it is not fair that people who are wealthy are not paying the consequence for their actions. Domestic violence has been going on for a long time already, but the government started doing something about it in the 1970’s. However has it been applied to everybody or just a certain group? Has the law punished those of higher power? Men of high power should get punished for domestic violence because congress passed the violence against women act in 1994, just because they are important and rich doesn’t mean they can get away with domestic violence, it also shows a separation of social status in society.

In 1994 congress passed an act called violence against women to protect them against any abuse. However more than three million children witness domestic violence every year. The couple aren’t the only ones who suffer in this situations

it also affects the children. According to Wallace, “It does have effects. No matter how much you believe it is hidden from them or out of sight, children know what is happening and they worry and they stress.” (Wallace, Kelly1). Although they are laws protecting women and her family it’s not quite resolving the issue. The act of 1994 is suppose to help out women get out of an abusive relationship. But women are still getting abused till this day in the 21st century. A reason why domestic violence could be still going on is because women are the ones who don’t put the act in action.
Some women may not even know or they don’t believe that the government would save them from their nightmare. Many women don’t speak up because of the fear of not being believed or helped out. Also they could get intimidated by their partner. The article, “35 Women #theemptychair”, states, “Why aren’t these accusers heard or given any credence --not just Cosby’s alleged victims but the countless other men and women who have dared to challenge a celebrity.” (No more Staff1). This statement relates to women still being abused till this day because they are scared to speak up. They feel like if they don’t believe her she will be beaten because she opened her mouth. Many celebrities go to court against their partner but in many cases women are not believed because how can this rolemodel do such thing to a women. Therefore women are scared of being accused as liars. This leads to us not knowing who's being abused because women keep silence and just let the abuse keep going and they let themselves keep suffering.As shown above are statistics of domestic violence involving women. This graph states that not all of the domestic violence going on is reported. Therefore saying that women are not standing up for themselves because they are not telling the police nor are they going to the hospital to get their abuse treated. The graph also states that women are the most targeted in a domestic violence situation because we know that kids and men are sometimes the victims but women have the highest rate of abuse. Another fact to know is that women are even sometimes killed and sometimes women are not even in a married but they are just dating.
Although we have laws like the VAWA act of 1994, women don’t take advantage of that right. For these reasons domestic violence is bigger than what you think because you have to include all those women who don’t say anything, women who are still going through domestic violence. Given by Jeltsen Melissa, “Domestic Violence is a major public health problem in the United States”. (Jeltsen, Melissa1). This correlates with many celebrities continuously abusing their partner because they know they won’t be accountable of what they do, also women know they have rights but they also know it won’t change anything or benefit her against this well known person. That is why many situations of celebrities being accused of domestic violence are called “rumors” because people don’t want to believe such thing of that highly respected man. Adding on to many women’s cases not given justice for what they have been through.
They’re multiple cases throughout history of famous men not being punished like what they are supposed to be for domestic violence. Although many people have seen or heard of a celebrity being accused of domestic violence, they don’t seem to care because when time passes they forget about what that person did. The article, “Why Do Famous Men Keep Getting Away With Violence Against Women”, says, “This isn’t to say that Dre doesn’t deserve his success because of his past, but his success does speak to an ongoing trend in the celebrity landscape --famous men who consistently get away with violence and abuse.” (Blay, Zeba1). This is a great example saying that a famous person's accomplishments is a shadow that blocks people from seeing who they really are. Giving that person an advantage of many people being on their side instead of the victim. Later on when the case is closed and the man is found innocent, the accusations being made against him doesn’t seem to ruin his reputation or career. As a matter of fact they are very little celebrities who are given what they deserve for his actions.
On the other hand if they are being punished for domestic violence it isn’t a big consequence that would be given to someone who isn’t famous. For example someone who isn’t famous would be given jail time for domestic violence but for a famous they would be given community hours or a fine. Stated in NBC News, “Brandon Marshall has three. He’s never been convicted, but he has served a three-game suspension in 2008 for personal conduct violation.” (Schuppe, Jon1). The NFL has had many history involving cases of domestic violence, but they don’t seem to care who is getting hurt they just want the players to play and win games. The law should be fair, meaning that it shouldn’t be applied to a certain group but to everybody equally, and given the same punishment no matter their social status. Furthermore men of higher power can abuse their power to do many irresponsible things.
They are many rich people who use the tactic of terrifying the other person or even bribing them. Money has a lot of power and in this case celebrities use it to get away from lawsuits or jail time, by coming to an with the other person. According to Domenico, “Mr.Bannon, she said, told her that ‘If I went to court he and his attorney would make sure that I would be the one guilty.” (Montanaro, Domenico1). In this case her partner used the tactic of telling her that is wasn’t convenient for her to talk because it could go bad if she did. But in other cases they ask their partner making the accusations to put the price and in return of the charges being dropped. In the concept of many celebrities being able to get away with domestic violence without paying the time or punishment, this is another reason on how they get away with it by using their money and power they have been given. Similarly this correlates to the difference in the position a person is in, which is the position of moneywise.
In other words it shows the separation of social status in society. For example the NFL has made intolerable acts such as not punishing players for domestic violence. But if men weren’t in the NFL they would have a bigger punishment than what they give NFL players. In the article, “NFL Shows it Doesn’t Really Care About Domestic Violence”, states, “The league’s new and improved domestic violence policy calls for a six-game suspension without pay for the first time offender, and for a more severe penalty if the act was committed against a pregnant woman or in the presence of a child.” (Macur, Juliet1). This punishment that the NFL is enforcing isn’t doing nothing to many NFL players so they can learn there lesson versus if they were serving jail time like any other person would. If famous people don’t learn there lesson then they are going to keep doing it to the next woman, and they are still going to get away with domestic violence. Meanwhile many cases are dismissed because there isn’t enough evidence to prove a women is being abused, like if isn’t enough of her testimony already.
You can tell when a group is being favored more than another group in society. The partner (now former) claims he abused her but he denies it and isn’t arrested because of insufficient evidence of the “abuse”. According to Huffington Post, “Elliot was not arrested for the allegations either.” (Block, Justin1). Due to the fact that their is no evidence backing up the “abuse” Elliots partner was accusing him of they decided to drop the case. Showing that they don’t believe what the other person is saying. This is a case where you can see a famous person is being favored just because there isn’t no evidence doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. They’re some cases where the women making the accusations feel like their isn’t no point to try to prove something people aren’t going to believe.
Famous people or people who have power have an advantage in everything and one of them is avoiding the law. Johnny Depp’s former wife ended up dropping all accusations against him since no evidence was found. The Variety post says, “Heard has thereby dismissed allegation that her estranged husband physically abused her and has retracted her request for a restraining order.” (Khatchatourian, Maane1). This correlates with famous people being favored because Johnny Depp is well known who’s going to believe his former wife if their isn’t no evidence backing up her statement. So she won’t look like a liar she just decided to let go of it. On the other hand there is another opinion who think differently.
Many other sources however argue that women lie about domestic violence because she just wants to get money and to ruin that celebrities reputation. This happens a lot when there is no evidence found of the abuse she has suffered. What this argument fails to consider is that although there wasn’t any evidence found that doesn’t indicate that it didn’t happen. They should ask more questions to the women’s family and look into the celebrity's medical records or his records in general. They shouldn’t just drop the case if they didn’t find a bruise.
Celebrities should get punished for domestic violence because women have the right to be protected from any abuse, money doesn’t give you a free ticket from consequences.

This also shows people who are wealthy are favored. Domestic violence is still happening today. The reasons why are that women are not speaking up and using the VAWA, celebrities are not being punished, like they are supposed to, and they have an advantage because they are famous versus people who aren’t. This topic matters to me because both of my grandmas were physically abused by their husbands and it breaks my heart to hear my parents and their siblings talk about it because they were abused as well. Another reason why this topic is important to me because what will happen if male celebrities and men in generally silence a woman's voice. Would we go back to the old days where we didn’t have any rights? I’m scared that one day that would happen and all of the world’s females would

suffer.