Domestic violence is a major problem in today's society that has significant effects in the well-being and proper functioning of the family and society. Generally, domestic violence and threat of violence contributes to the emergence of fear that basically destroys the normal functioning of the family and eventually affects the society. Women, children, and young people are the most commonly targeted and affected by violence or the threat of violence at home. The effect of domestic violence on individuals is attributed to the fact that exposure to violence in the immediate social environment generates considerable challenges and difficulties for the individual. The home or family environment acts as the immediate social environment for the growth and development of a person.
Brief Description of Domestic Violence:
Domestic violence has traditionally been regarded as a personal problem rather than a social problem. However, violence or the threat of violence has increased significantly in the recent times. This conventional consideration of domestic violence or the threat of it as a personal problem is wrong because the home or family setting acts as the immediate social environment for the growth and development of an individual. Therefore, negative effects such as violence in this immediate social environment or setting has significant effects on the proper functioning of the family or the society. Due to the extent with which domestic violence is spread in today's society, it has developed to become a social issue since it is a social attitude. This social issue is not an attribute of a particular relationship...
Situational couple violence refers to violence that takes place when disagreement that becomes and angry argument turns into violence while intimate terrorism involves taking complete control of a partner through violence. On the contrary, violent resistance is the kind of violence where a victim of intimate terrorism fights back or uses violence to resist violence.
Effects of Domestic Violence on the Person:
Since it occurs in a person's immediate social environment, domestic violence creates temporary or permanent changes in the health and emotional state of an individual. One of the major effects of domestic violence on a person is that it can severely damage the ability of a parent to nurture the development of their children. The seeming inability to nurture a child's development is attributed to the tendency of victims of the violence to emotionally withdraw and develop feelings of hopelessness. The emotional withdrawal occurs on both partners regardless of whether they are the batterers or victims of the violence. For batterers, the effect of the violence is that they become less available, less logical, and less affectionate in playing their role in the social fabric ("Sociological Effects," par, 2). In contrast, the victims of the violence tend to use punitive measures or aggression when playing their respective role in the social fabric such as child-rearing.…
