Domestic Violence

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home in which one for of violence goes on is likely to suffer from other kinds of abuse, the nature, causes, and types of help available differ.

Domestic violence is not limited to physical battering, but may include other forms of abuse as well. Psychologist and author Susan Forward, Ph.D., has described abuse as “Any behavior that is intended to control and subjugate another human being through the use of fear, humiliation, and verbal or physical assaults … it is the systematic persecution of on partner by another.” An abuser often wears down his partner by unrelenting criticism and fault-finding. This form of psychological abuse is especially cruel, she says, because it is often disguised as a way of “ teaching the woman how to be a better person.” (Berry, 1,2). Domestic violence any one can be a victim; the victims can be any ages, sex, race, culture, religion, education, employment or marital status. Although both men and women can be abused, most victims are women. Children in homes where there is domestic violence are more likely to be abused or neglected, most of the children in this home know about the violence, even if a children is not physical harmed, they may have emotional and behavior problems.

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