Domestic Violence Related Deaths Summary

Typically, domestic violence occurs between a man and a woman, and usually, women end up being the victims more often then men (Heidensohn, 2012). The male is usually more dominant because he is bigger and significantly stronger then the female. However, in recent years, men have been experiencing their fair share of abuse from women. According to a study done by the Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men, “Over 90% experienced controlling behaviors, and several men reported frustrating experiences with the domestic violence system. Callers’ reports indicated that their female abusers had a history of trauma, alcohol/drug problems, mental ill- ness, and homicidal and suicidal ideations” (Hines, 2007). This study measured 190 male callers who called the DAHM and the study shows that women can also batter men. This applies to the case of Jordan Graham and Cody Johnson because a wife murdered her husband. No one should ever underestimate someone else’s strength or aggression as those characteristics can be extremely hard to gauge. Cody Johnson may have had no prior knowledge of Graham’s temper and may have even felt as if he were the dominant figure in their marriage. Sometimes, it is easy to accuse a spouse of being the core reason for domestic abuse, whether it is verbal or physical abuse. However, domestic abuse can be seen as a problem for human beings in general, “Others have argued that violence is a

Domestic violence is not only about being aggressive in being in a relationship but it can also result with someone dying in getting beaten to death. When hearing the words domestic violence some people think that it only happens to women .But that's not true domestic violence can happen to men as well . “1of 7 is the number of men who will be victims of severe violence by an intimate partner in their lifetimes” says Alanna Vagianos form the article “30 Shocking Domestic Violence Statistics that remind us it’s an Epidemic.There has been 18,000 of women who have been killed by men is a situation of domestic violence since the year 2003. Some women that go through this situation also get raped or assaulted during their relationship.Domestic violence can also occur in gay , bisexual ,& lesbian partners..Alanna says “Every minute 20 people are victims of intimate partner violence.”and also “A women is beaten every nine seconds in the US.” For domestic

Within these domestic violence occurrences between couples, women have been the instigators of 71 (Rhymes 2014) percent of nonreciprocal domestic violence acts. With such high statistics of male domestic violence, men seem almost completely ignored by the lack of abuse shelters and violence advertisement in the media compared to the amount of attention is brought towards women regarding this issue. In modern society, we often accept the idea portrayed by media that “males are naturally abusive and that females are natural targets of male abuse” (Allen and Kivel 73) as violence has become a normal occurrence in every day life, but we seldom challenge the idea that men are the only ones to be violent towards their partners. Additionally, such generalization is also an extremely heterosexual view, excluding male to male relationships in the equation. By talking to many students at my university campus about this issue, I found that most people seemed to be misinformed and undereducated about what even constitutes as domestic violence. Since the first step of action towards any issue is awareness and knowledge, it is important that society has a

The resource chosen is to identify and build awareness for a public health need to highlight the prevalence of domestic abuse against men. It is known that women are subject to Domestic Abuse, but Du-Plat Jones (2006) argues recent statistics

The article constructs domestic violence as an issue of gender, race and socioeconomic status. Women are identified as the “majority” of victims (Taylor 2014). Consequently, the article conceptually represents domestic violence as events of intimate terrorism where one partner violently terrorizes the other partner to gain complete control over the relationship, which is entirely perpetrated by men (Johnson 2012). With that said, Johnson (2012) points out that majority of domestic violence is situational couple violence, where both the man and the

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner through physical and emotional abuse. Women are much more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence with 85 percent of domestic abuse victims being women and 15 percent being men. (http://www.americanbar.org/groups/domestic_violence/resources/statistics.html) Too many women have been held captive by domestic violence -whether through physical, financial, emotional abuse or a combination of all three- it is a serious epidemic in our society that needs attending

Although the worldwide media has recently been putting it's spotlight on domestic violence, it is astounding how many cases go unreported. Often times, people think of domestic violence as men hurting women, but it is more generic and includes any type of aggressive behavior between people living together. Due to the stereotype of men being aggressors, they are the gender most likely to not report a domestic violence incident when they are on the receiving end. Within the last 10 years, domestic violence has been credited for over 20 percent of crimes involving violence with approximately 4,000 women, the primary victims, being killed by their partners as they tried to leave the relationship. Abuse such as this most frequently occurs during the dating phase of a relationship, or

Over the past forty years, studies and research have constantly found that women and men engage in violence at similar rates. Family Violence Surveys suggest that “The phenomenon of husband battering” (1977) is as, if not more, common than wife abuse. However, despite the plentiful evidence and studies that support this fact, violence committed by females is largely ignored throughout the areas of literature and media. These areas, instead, choose to consistently suggest that domestic violence is only committed by males. Through this action, or inaction, to recognize the general topic within the discussion, the occurrence of female

Domestic violence is considered a crime in the United States and in many other countries around the world. Every 15 seconds, there is a woman being beaten by her husband or intimate partner. When we think of domestic violence, our minds automatically create an image of a male physically abusing a female. Although in most cases the victim is usually a female, we must also be aware that in today’s society, men are also victims of domestic violence. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, about 3.2 million men are abused by their partners each year (Domestic). However, this is only an estimate based on reported incidents. It is also extremely important to understand that domestic violence, is not only

Domestic violence happens every day and it includes people of all races, ethnicities, color, religions, rich or poor, old or young, man or woman and physical and mental disabilities. Domestic violence happens to anyone regardless of where you live, work and how smart you are; these do not matter to the person committing the acts of violence against you. Today, domestic violence goes by Intimate partner violence defined as actual or threatened physical or sexual violence or psychological/emotional abuse by a spouse, ex-spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend, or date (Meadows, 2014). There are other forms of domestic violence such as stalking and dating violence. Domestic violence just doesn’t occur to married couples,

Generally, there are not as many documented physical abuse cases for men as there are for women. According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline (2014), men are less likely to seek help when it comes to physical abuse. “1 in 4 women (24.3%) and 1 in 7 men (13.8%) aged 18 and older in the United States have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime” (National Domestic Violence Hotline, 2014). The stigma revolving around masculinity and how society views men teaches them not to express their feelings and see themselves as victims. The common stereotype is that men are seen as the abusers and women are seen as victims, therefore men who express their feelings are seen as weak and incapable of being a “man”.

We are halfway through this semester and chapter 11, “Family Stress and Crisis: Violence among intimates” is the chapter that have answered a lot of questions I’ve been waiting to know. Up until now, I knew what violence is and how violence can be very scary. But I had no idea that violence can be broken down to many categories such as “intimate partner violence,” “dating violence,” and “violence in gay and lesbian relationship.” Even before I read this chapter, I always have a feeling that women are often the victims in violence and abusive situations. The book also stated that it is misleading that men tends to be the victim in a research. I like to agree with the information being mislead because women are different different. One thing for sure is that women are generally weaker when it comes to strength. Also, women are less likely to report a violence and or an

Domestic violence, “can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior that is used by one intimate partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner” (Ritter, 2009). Women are by far more at risk for domestic violence, but men can be victims also. This kind of abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual. Often times, there are children present or even put in the middle of these situations.

Domestic Violence (DV) is a critical social issue that negatively impacts not only our own culture in America but as well as all other cultures around the world. Domestic Violence is a global issue reaching across national boundaries as well as socio-economic, cultural, racial and class distinctions (Kaur & Garg 2008). Domestic Violence is a serious problem that can be seen around every society from families of both developed and underdeveloped countries and of different backgrounds. Although there are various cases of domestic violence against men, children and the elderly; women account for the majority percentage of victims of Domestic Violence. This violence can take the form of physical assault, psychological abuse, financial abuse or sexual assault (Kaur & Garg 2008). Domestic Violence is a trend that is on the rise and will continue to plague our society if nothing is done on time to address this social issue.

Domestic violence should be considered for both parties because if a man can do it a woman can do it. Gender profiling is a substantial problem with domestic violence and how the different genders are dealt with.” Gender profiling is a big one because everyone automatically thinks men are the abusers. “Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation” (Domestic Violence 1). No matter what you are and how you look it’s still domestic violence. The percentage of 4% of men and 8.2% of women were estimated to have experienced domestic abuse in 2014/2015. Gender profiling leads to race religion and sexual orientation.