When most people think of abuse or violence, we think of it as blatantly getting your ass beat. However, abuse can happen in several different ways.
Several types of abuse can exist in a violent relationship or home based situations. Usually, it starts with emotional, mental and/ or verbal abuse and then escalates to physical abuse, sexual and even economic abuse. There is also stalking and digital abuse. The use of technology such as texting and social networking to bully, harass, stalk, or intimidate a person.
Abuse is wrong. It has to do with women lowering their standards because they feel that no other man can love them. That opens the door to controlling, manipulative, and conniving men.
The longer women puts up with the abuse and does nothing to avoid or prevent it, the less she likes herself. Along with the feeling of being a failure, both as a woman and in her marriage, may come a real feeling of being trapped and powerless, with no way out.
Is anyone in your family getting abused? How do you know? We can easily hide the scars and bruises, but we cant hide our emotions and feelings. Society teaches us about physical violence and its effect on us from an early age. Of course, we all remember the bully on the playground who beats up an innocent child, but this is totally different.
Glamour Magazine says that 29% of women surveyed said they’d been in an abusive relationship.
- 62% of those women have been hit, shoved, or slapped.
- 33% choked or strangled.
- 11% who say their partner is currently abusive predict he “will seriously hurt or kill me.”
Women are strong individuals. They can hold their on and provide for themselves. Throughout history, women has played the roll to take care of the children, cook, and clean. Their is no reason why men should lay their hands or even verbally abusive women.
Abusing someone can change a person drastically. Giving them low self-esteem, not wanting to go places, and just being depressed. That’s no way to have a person feeling.
Many women think, or believe, that if they are not being physically harmed by their partner, husband or boyfriend then they are not being abused. This is far from true.
If you are in a relationship which is draining something from you… you might not have recognized that your partner is scouring your self-esteem and happiness through verbal, mental, emotional and other forms of abuse.
What if your mom was getting abused? What if your best friend was getting beaten by her boyfriend? What would you do? TELL SOMEONE to get help! They might tell you “Oh no he wont do it again” Ignore them. I don’t believe in staying in a abusive relationship, that’s ludicrous. Don’t take pity for anyone who chose to stay.
Several women love their husbands and lives with the hope that he might change, if only she can “hang in there.” However, in most cases, the abuse continues, for in fact her husband’s behavior has nothing to do with her actions.
A woman needs to talk to people who can help. Friends can lend support and guidance. Organizations devoted to women’s concerns and not bound by society’s traditions can assist her.
Above all, a woman has to determine her own best decision. With the help of counseling for the husband as well as herself or just leaving him alone, a woman is able to bring an end to the problem.
More information about why women goes back to their abuser.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/04/rihanna.domestic.violence/
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