Domestic Violence: TED Video Analysis

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Domestic violence is one of the most underreported crimes. Only 1 in 4 women report domestic violence because of the fear of retaliation that she may face. Family disturbances not only show marks, bruises, and cuts; the victim may suffer from psychological problems, for instance, PTSD, sleepless nights, depression, and alcohol and drug abuse. Feinstein & Middendorf (2015) stated that there were 3 million women that reported family violence each year. There are different forms of abuse, it may be psychological, physical, verbal, sexual, or financial.
In the TED video by Soler, she needed her audience to imagine why women endured domestic violence in the 1980’s. She needed her audience to visualize the side effects of domestic violence, such as nightmares, PTSD, alcohol and drug use, as well as why women do not typically report domestic abuse. She spoke during the 1980’s as an activist. She saw a woman who entered the emergency room for family violence, but police showed up to the scene and called it a “lover’s quarrel” (Soler, 2013). The …show more content…

J Simpsons trial in the process of explaining how serious domestic violence is. Because of his previous domestic violence to his former and deceased wife. Law Enforcement Officers were called many times for domestic disturbances, and nothing was done about it. The public accused O.J. Simpson of murdering his wife and her friend, by stabbing them to death in front of their condominium. Soler explained what can happen in family violence cases if the victim does not seek help. Soler discussed O.J. Simpson acquiring a long history of domestic violence, however, no one seemed to care prior to the newspapers and social media because of his NFL career. The activists expressed that “approximately 7,000 women have been involved in domestic violence since 2000.” (Soler, 2013). Regarding the TED talk, problems that continued along with capturing men’s attention was making men recognize domestic

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