The Intimate Nature Of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is commonly considered as mistreatment of women; however there are other forms of domestic violence that also affect men,women,and children. Domestic violence occurs in different forms of not only sexual abuse,but also physical abuse, and mental abuse. Numerous cases of domestic violence are reported annually. Many people are becoming abusive to their family members and partners. Research studies reveal that people who commit such acts have experienced abuse in their earlier life while others think that protecting their partners mean controlling them hence resulting in abuse. For others, domestic violence is a way of caring for their families, which is not true.

The personal, intimate nature of domestic violence makes it

especially difficult to detect, despite being widespread across most societies. Consequently, children, neighbors, relatives or friends of the involved parties must be trained to detect, identify and report incidents of domestic violence if this crime is to be controlled effectively. Domestic violence is something that happens every day around the world. Young, old, rich or poor, this is an issue that we must look at to better ourselves as a country. One of the things that we look at is how domestic violence relates to the different social classes of the country, this being upper, middle, and lower. Some would think that it would be more common in lower classes, but the reality of it is domestic violence is a problem across all social classes. In this paper I will discuss different articles about domestic violence and its relation to social class.

It is clear to see that many of the articles on this topic focus around women as victims and men get put into a category of the only ones committing violence. Domestic violence is recognized as a criminal offense in almost all countries across the world. Yet, it remains a common occurrence, almost on a pandemic scale, that often goes unpunished because of the hidden nature of abuse by one partner against another in an intimate relationship. Therefore, most attempts to counter and control domestic violence are directed towards raising awareness of this crime, and changing commonly held perceptions against it.