Reading response from February 6th:
First off my inicial reaction is that the statistics i find appaling on what WOMEN themselves agree or say "its ok" for a husband to beat his wife for one of several reasons: burnign food, arguing with him, going out without telling him, neglecting the child and refusing sex! Egypt being the highest percentage at 94% while nicaragua is 34%.
I understand the concept of why this might be understood or considered normal or ok in other contries, because it is the way they are raised, so they are brought up thinking this is the way life is and why it is ok, because thats all they know. Where the United States does not tolerate domestic violence at all, which is why we have laws against abusers.
The number of women who experience physical abuse by a male partner or inmate is considerably higher then the actual evidence of reported cases. Many areas of the world where this abuse is taken place women are "used" to the abuse and know that is how their life style is and probebly do not know that there is help for them out in the world and are also more then likely terrified to make a claim of abuse from their abuser(s).
Knowing this givein information and also having family and friends go through this type of violent act, that actually recived help, makes me morn for other women that have to repetativly live their life in an abuseive situation. I can only imagine the type of emotional and mental distress they have to live through each day.
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I read this article as well, and had similar reactions. I do not believe that women should just accept being hurt because they have messed up on something so trivial as cooking. This injustice is just a way that males exploit their strength and power to make women less of a person and to be accepting of the male domination.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, I believe that a greater amount of domestic violence occurs than what is recorded. For verbal abuse should also be part of this category as well. Men use their words to beat down the self esteem of women, and to "put them in their place".
Lastly, it seems that there is not enough support for women trying to escape the hands of the men that beat them. More shelters, support, and larger consequences for abuse need to be done to try and remove some of the power that men hold over their wives. Domestic violence is a huge problem, and needs to be addressed.