Domestic Violence Discussion

Question 0

What is the average of women that report they have experienced domestic violence in their lifetime?

Answer 0

25% or 1 in 4 women

Question 1

How often is a woman assaulted or beaten in the US?

Answer 1

Every 9 seconds

Question 2

How many women are killed by an intimate partner?

Answer 2

Every day 3 women are killed by an intimate partner.

Question 3

What is the percentage of spousal abuse victims and dating abuse victims?

Answer 3

84% of spousal abuse victims are women and 86% of dating abuse victims are women

Question 4

What is the age range for women that are at the greatest risk for nonfatal intimate partner violence?

Answer 4

Women 20 to 24 years of age are at the greatest risk for nonfatal intimate partner violence

Question 5

Study show that this many children witnessed domestic violence annually.

Answer 5

10 million children

Question 6

Domestic violence victims lose nearly__ _______ _____ of paid work per year.

Answer 6

8 million days

Question 7

What is the annual cost of intimate partner violence?

Answer 7

$5.8 Billion dollars annually

Question 8

Men commit this percentage of family abuse?

Answer 8

75%

Question 9

What is the percentage of men that commit physical acts of domestic violence?

Answer 9

15% of men

Question 10

What is Domestic Violence?

Answer 10

A pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one part to gain or maintain power and control over the other.
Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frightened, terrorize, coerce , threaten, Blaine, hurt, injured, or wound.

Question 11

Although domestic violence laws differ across the US what can victims do in order to protect from suffering crimes and what are these crimes?

Answer 11

Victims can obtain in order of protection for suffering crimes such as harassment, stocking, trust pass, burglary, criminal mischief, lewdness, criminal sexual contact, sexual assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, terroristic threats, and assault.

Question 12

What if you are a non-intimate partner and in the relationship with an abusive member what can he do?

Answer 12

Protective orders often also cover non-intimate partner relationships such as those between family members, current roommates, and persons with which the victim shares a child but me never have lived with.

Question 13

Who commits or is a victim of domestic violence?

Answer 13

Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender. Domestic violence affects people of all social economic backgrounds and education levels. Domestic violence occurs in both opposite sex in same-sex relationships and can happen to intimate Partners who are married, living together, or dating.

Question 14

How does domestic violence affects children?

Answer 14

Children exposed to domestic violence are more likely to have psychological and behavioral problems and higher incidence of suicide attempts, drug and alcohol abuse, and involvement in prostitution. Frequent exposure to violence in the home also teaches children that violence is a normal way of life, increasing the risk of becoming next generation of victims and abusers.

Question 15

What can a victim of domestic violence do?

Answer 15

A victim can call the local police and file criminal charges.
Seek relief from the courts in the form of civil or criminal restraining orders
Access emergency services through 24 hours hotlines in local domestic violence shelters
Hire an attorney to advocate for his or her rights.
Participate in counseling and or support groups

Question 16

How old is domestic violence?

Answer 16

2000 years ago, Roman law gave man the right to kill his wife.
In the 1700s, English common law gave a man permission to beat his wife with the stick no wider than his thumb. This was the original rule of thumb. It remains law in England and America through the late 1800s.
Through the first half of the 1900s in the United States there were a few laws and little law enforcement effort to protect your wife from her husband’s abuse.

Question 17

What have we done to address domestic violence?

Answer 17

In the 1970s women’s groups begin naming the violence that took place in homes rape, incest, battering and worked to raise awareness, pass laws against spouse abuse, and create an emergency shelter system for victims and children. Much has been accomplished in the past 30+ years to increase the rights of victims family and intimate partner violence and provide a wide range of victims services, but this has not put a stop to the violence.

Question 18

What are the statistics starting to show now about younger woman in committing more crimes?

Answer 18

While patriarchy and sexism are important factors when addressing domestic violence, statistics are starting to show that younger women are committing more crimes and maybe increasingly violent and with their intimate partners. This may be a signal we are moving towards a more gender neutral fight for power and control within relationships.

Question 19

What can men do to address domestic violence?

Answer 19

To eliminate intimate partner and family violence, everyone, especially the majority of men who do not commit violent acts against women, has to become part of the effort. Alongside anti-violence initiatives, reframing gender expectations will help boys and girls grow up without dangerous stereotypes that reinforce inequality between men and women. It is no longer okay to chastise a boy for throwing her crying like a girl.
Men are being asked to learn the history of violence against women and children commit to be violence free in their own lives, and to serve as examples and mentors to those around.

Question 20

What are the sources that we can use for domestic violence?

Answer 20

US department of justice, national network to end Domestic violence, national coalition against domestic violence, futures without violence, Department of Justice domestic violence statistics, no safe place, documentary, University of Pittsburg DV timeline