Gatsby Domestic Violence Quotes

Domestic violence … is it always towards women or is it towards men as well? Many people think that women are always the victims, but is that always the case? In the book The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan put every kind of abuse on Daisy. You can tell Tom was an abusive person because of the way he acted towards other women, such as Myrtle. Tom also isolates Daisy which is a form of domestic violence because he treated her like a caged animal. But men can also be victims.
In the Great Gatsby, Daisy’s and Gatsby’s relationship could have been abusive but in different ways that Tom and Daisy’s was. Gatsby was not physically hitting Daisy or verbally putting her down but he was very controlling with her and tried to take control of Daisy’s feelings. Tom on the other hand, cheats on Daisy and hurts myrtle, his lover. He hits her so bad, he breaks her nose. Daisy may not even realize that she is in an abusive relationship but she does know that the relationship does not make her happy, which is why many women still stay with their spouses. Someone might say that Tom and Daisy’s relationship wasn’t abusive, you never saw a scene when Tom hit Daisy. That might be true, we never saw a specific scene when Tom hit Daisy but we did see

multiple scenes when Tom was controlling Daisy. Domestic violence isn’t just hitting your partner. It can be multiple things such as control, isolation, obsession, guilt, etc.
In a woman's case of domestic violence, There are many emotional, social, spiritual and financial problems to overcome before someone being abused can leave.

Leaving or trying to leave can often increase the violence or abuse, and can put both the victim and her children in a position of fearing for their lives. Some women worry that telling the truth will further endanger them, her child or other family members and that it might break up their family. Signs that shows verbal domestic violence is that they may seem anxious or nervous when they are away from the abuser or they may seem overly anxious to please their partner. If they have children, the children may seem timid, frightened, or extremely well-behaved when the partner is

around.
When we discuss domestic violence, it is often assumed that the victims are women. And the statistics are truly traumatic. The less told story is that a striking number of men are victims, too. An abusive wife or partner might hit, kick, bite, punch, spit, throw things, or destroy his possessions. To make up for any difference in strength, she may attack you while he’s asleep or otherwise catch them by surprise. She may also use a weapon, such as a gun or knife, or strike you with an object.