| Violence that is perpetrated within the walls of the | | | | me the kinds of problems that they encounter in |
| home is the most devastating kind of violence that | | | | trying to curb domestic violence. He told me that |
| one can imagine. The word "home" should conjure up | | | | victims who are mostly women, will only report |
| feelings of security and safety. When that supposed | | | | domestic violence after they have been abused for a |
| "haven of peace and tranquility is violated through | | | | long time and even after reporting it, they will try to |
| violence, then we have as it were, no where to run. | | | | withdraw the case. In many cases the abuser is the |
| Home should be a place that we can run to for | | | | sole bread winner for the family. In such cases, the |
| repose after being out there in the "rough and | | | | women will put up with the abuse because they have |
| tumble" world. A place where we feel accepted and | | | | no other means of caring for themselves or their |
| loved. | | | | children. Many abusers also apologize to their wives or |
| Why would a person lift his hand to assault a person | | | | partners, promising never to abuse them again. That |
| that he or she claims to love? May I suggest here | | | | promise is of course broken over and over. Many |
| that the more dissatisfied with ourselves we are, the | | | | times the victim will accept the abuse as their fate, |
| more likely we are to be violent towards another | | | | until something tragic happens. |
| person. A low self-esteem seems to play a big role in | | | | Domestic violence should never under any |
| perpetrators of domestic violence. Many abusers | | | | circumstance be accepted in a civilized society. Many |
| have feelings of frustration bottled up within them | | | | victims of domestic violence often say that they had |
| and have never learned to express themselves | | | | seen signs of violence quite early in their relationship, |
| verbally. Of course one of the more obvious reason | | | | but thought that the person would change after they |
| for domestic violence is alcoholism. We are told that | | | | started to live together. Living with a person only |
| a drunk person is in a temporary state of insanity. | | | | magnifies their weaknesses. If an issue is not |
| Psychologists tell us that a child that has grown up | | | | addressed or is swept under the carpet without |
| with domestic violence in his or her home | | | | being tackled head-on, it will resurface again. These |
| environment will themselves tend to use violence as | | | | issues must be addressed early in the relationship and |
| a way of expressing dissatisfaction. Why do victims | | | | dealt with through a counselor. The more domestic |
| of domestic violence continue to live in that | | | | abuse there is in the society, the more potential |
| environment and not choose the option of leaving? A | | | | perpetrators we release into the society through |
| friend of mine who is a police officer recounted to | | | | their offspring. |