Domestic Violence

Last Thursday we talked about domestic violence. Finding out that men are more frequently abused by women, but women are frequently injured more was a shock. I did not know that men were more frequently abused. It does make you wonder what it is that is happening in these households that constitutes abuse to the men. It just seems weird that it is a more frequent thing to men then women. Another area discussed was the factors affecting the impact: Type, Frequency, Duration, and the relationship of the perpetrator. When you think of duration it shows how long something has been going on, and goes to say how much it impacted the child and if the child will be the same someday. That is the thing that worries me when I hear or know of someone who has been abused. Is that child's life going to be hard and is he/she going to abuse their own children. The type seems to be hard either way. Either verbal or physical. Yes physically it can put you in the hospital and kill you, but verbally it can do the same. It does just as much damage if not more. It can get to the person in so many ways. The relationship is also very difficult, being if you trust them it is much harder to get over it and go on. That would be the one thing that would be hardest for me if it happened to someone I knew. Now frequency is always so hard to see either way with verbal or physical. It is difficult to see what the frequency has done to someone you love. I only hope that if it does happen to someone I know that I have the strength to hold back and not physically harm the person myself. Sexual assult was the other topic that was disscussed. I never knew that the numbers were what they were. It is sad to see that so many rapes go unreported and that all of these high school girls face these issues. It is scary to see what the image and media portray, and if it has to do with why this happens, or what is going on at home as well. What is the most frightening is the large number of rapes and that they are commited by an intimate partner. Now what does that say?