Spousal abuse

posttraumatic stress after spousal emotional abuse. Women who have experienced this type of abuse long-after the relationship has ended still are emotionally wounded, fragile and need long-term therapy (Reed & Enright, 2006). This type of abuse destroys trust and communication in the relationship as well as causes one partner within the relationship to feel powerless (Reed & Enright, 2006). Researchers have identified several associated behaviors and outcomes of emotional abuse and the impact it has over

Summary The journal article – “The Effects of Forgiveness Therapy on Depression, Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress for Women after Spousal Emotional Abuse” by Gayle L. Reed and Robert D. Enright is a research study to determine what effects forgiveness therapy has on emotionally abused women who continue to experience negative psychological outcomes long after the abusive relationship has ended. In the article, the authors compared forgiveness therapy (FT) with an alternative treatment (AT) such

Rape was not always viewed as a crime and marital rape was even further from an act of criminality, in fact until the 1970’s rape laws had some exceptions which left victims unprotected. Rape laws have changed drastically over time and marital rape has become just as recognized as rape committed by a stranger. Two cases of marital rape were reviewed for this discussion, discussion will be based upon similarities and differences regarding the treatment of victims in 1977 versus 2007 as well as how

The issue of spousal rape has been neglected and belittled throughout history. Marriages and relationships are known to be sacred for sexual relations. Many people automatically assume consent is given when sexual relations are involved in a relationship simply because they’re not strangers to each other. In history people have been accused of rape, but never convicted simply because of a ring on someone’s finger. All states in the U.S. should have the same level of severity of punishment when convicting

Marital rape is rape committed by the person to whom the victim is married. Many decades passed before there was ever a law against marital rape, even today India, along with other countries do not have a law against it. Some people will say marital rape is impossible and others will say it is totally possible and is considered an actual rape. Mandal says, if the legal category of rape implies sex without consent and the legal understanding of marriage entails compulsory sex, then the two will be

Nicole’s ex-husband. Even though the jury from his trial found OJ not guilty, I along with many others believe that he was responsible for taking the lives of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Years before the couples’ divorce, OJ was charged with spousal abuse and was sentenced to community service. Less than three years later Nicole filed for a divorce citing irreconcilable differences. Obviously Nicole was no longer happy in their marriage after she had been abused, so she decided to leave OJ. Simpson

Stress for Women after Spousal Emotional Abuse”, by Gayle L. Reed and Robert D. Enright, is a research study about the effects of forgiveness therapy. The study compared forgiveness therapy with alternative treatments, such as anger validation, assertiveness, and interpersonal skills, to provide an efficient treatment for emotional abused women. The authors of this article found there were many treatments available for women who have been emotional abused by a spousal, but found that there wasn’t

over the world. Child abuse and spousal abuse was largely overlooked and ignored by the justice system, mental health professional, and social science researchers until the later part of the 20th century. For the most part, police saw domestic violence against spouses as a “private matter” that should be dealt with between the spouses. Charges against the abuser would only occur if there were serious injury or death. During the early 1900’s many victims did not report the abuse because they were after

By kicking girls out of schools, they will grow up learning that the abuse and oppression is normal, and not to resist. Not having an education, leaves these women with nothing other than the ability to raise kids, clean, and cook. The differences between Mariam and Laila are astonishing: Rasheed beats both Mariam and Laila

Introduction Intimate partner violence has been a significant issue for centuries in all countries. "Since 1974, nearly 2,600 spousal homicides have been recorded in Canada" (Bunge, 2002). Of these homicides, more than three-quarters have been against women. Although through feminism and the women's liberation movement, there has been a slight improvement in the incidences of violence against women, there has also been a drastic change in the perception of the issue by society. After reviewing