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Tuesday 13 August 2013

What Does Domestic Abuse Entail?

By Andrea Davidson


Domestic abuse can be referred to dating abuse, family abuse, home violence, battery as well as spousal violence. Some books have defined it as intimate spouse abuse. Domestic abuse is therefore known as the exploitation by one individual against another individual. It is therefore the behavior pattern exhibited by one partner against another partner.

Marriage, cohabitation and actions within the family sometimes comprise the domestic abuse. Native ferocity can have several forms such as physical assault, emotional exploitation, sexual exploitation, threats and economic deprivation.

Home mistreatment are linked to mental illness, alcohol consumption and present tests that are incurred while eliminating the act. The perception, documentation, definition, and awareness of manipulation differ from one state to another or from one country to country.

Home exploitation and violence is not only limited to the recognizable to the physical violence. It can also be said to be criminal coercion, trespassing, kidnapping, endangerment, unlawful imprisonment, stalking and harassment. It therefore means that before one conclude that the act amounts to domestic violence, some elements has to be looked at.

The laws and regulations governing internal misuse vary from one country to another. What is considered as exploitation in the western world, may not be case in most developing countries. In the year 2010 for example the Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates ruled out that a man has the authority to physically discipline the wife. The court also set a precedent that a man has the right to discipline the children as long as the physical mark is not left.

The social suitability of mistreatment as well also differs from one county to another. For example in the developed countries, internal mistreatment is unacceptable by most people. On the other hand the violence is accepted in some countries for example, in countries such as Mali, Central African Republic, Afghanistan and Jordan and Guinea the husband has the right to hit or beat their spouses under some circumstances.

In these developing counties for instance, the partner is allowed to beat the partner especially if she does not submit to the man wishes. Refusal to submit to the man wishes is a good ground for the violence. In other states such as Tajikistan, the other half is allowed to beat the spouse if she is not willing to meet with him.

Occasionally most cultures allowed men to apply force on the wives as way of disciplining them. It was observed as legal right that no woman could sue the hubby for exploitations. However this legal right was removed in some countries like the United States of America and other European countries. It was removed because the cat was perceived to be biased and only favored one form of gender that is the men.

The study conducted by the UNICEF showed that the exploitations are exhibited mostly in developing nations. They have also concluded that the problem is also common nations recovering from political wars. The data given by them showed that 3 in 4 women are mistreated in their lifetime. They survey showed that the exploitation is majorly done by their female counterparts. Therefore all stakeholders should join hands to help eradicate domestic abuse.




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