Family Violence

Question 1

Marital Rape

Answer 1

Forced sex… more common than stranger and acquaintance rape
15% of women have suffer marital rape
ANAL sex common
common after being released from hospital, in front of children
wife as form of property

Question 2

Why don’t abused women leave?

Answer 2

socially and financially isolated, as a result of little education and underemployment
Men may retaliate (fear) (being killed)
30% of husbands have physically abused their spouse
Poor men use abuse as a form of control

Question 3

Child abuse

Answer 3

physical abuse is most common form
4% of children (3 million children under the ager of 17)
under the age of 5 most likely to be abused (dependent and powerless)
1974 law made professionals responsible to report abuse
20% of women have been victimize as children by their fathers
3% of men have

Question 4

What is intergenerational transmission of violence?

Answer 4

Parents are more likely to use violence if they learned in childhood that it is appropriate to use violence as a means of child-rearing

Question 5

Elder abuse

Answer 5

25% elders require long-term care
perpetrators are frequently adult children
Sandwich generation parents more likely to abuse parents
Elders usually suffer from psychological problems, especially depression

Question 6

Elder neglect

Answer 6

failure to provide adequate care

Question 7

Profile of family abusers: Age

Answer 7

young husbands and parents, especially those under 30, are more likely than older people to assult their wives and abuse children

Question 8

Profile of family abusers: class

Answer 8

those in the lower class more likely to assault wives and abuse children

Question 9

Profile of family abusers: Gender

Answer 9

men are more likely to abuse than women

Question 10

Profile of family abusers: Stress level

Answer 10

financial issues, expecting a child, being a teenage mother, being a single parent and having sexual difficulties are all factors that can lead to family violence