| Battered women, battered children - they are the | | | | over. If that mistake requires some legal implication |
| usual victims of domestic violence. Why does this | | | | then go to the courts fro redress of grievances. |
| kind of violence occur in a home? | | | | There are always peaceful ways to settle some |
| One great contributor is the masculine figure concept. | | | | differences in the home instead of resorting to |
| Even in our egalitarian society where advocates of | | | | violence. |
| equality between men and women abounds, the | | | | Bear in mind that this is the person that you have |
| concept of considering men as over women still has | | | | sworn to love and to cherish. This is the person that |
| residue in the subconscious mind of the men. They | | | | you have exchanged eternal vows with before the |
| will always try to believe that they can do more and | | | | attending guests during that momentous event. This |
| they are supposed to be respected at served by | | | | person is not your enemy. If he or she did turn to be |
| their wife and children. It is also due to this feeling of | | | | an enemy just like in cases of deception and |
| superiority that violent tendencies will arise if the man | | | | betrayal, there are laws that could take care of it. If |
| cannot support the family financially. Their pride will | | | | this person's efforts and positive traits is |
| be hurt and they will convert such feeling into | | | | overwhelmingly outweighed by what he or she did, |
| becoming violent to "restore" their throne. | | | | then at least, consider the children that the two of |
| There are also instances where the motivation behind | | | | you have raised. That would be enough to stop you |
| these violence is to end the marriage. It is a way to | | | | from doing another violent act. If you do not respect |
| let the other person know that it is not worth living | | | | this person that you have sworn to spent the rest |
| together. | | | | of your life with, then respect the children who will |
| Whatever is the motivation behind domestic violence, | | | | suffer the most psychologically seeing you beating |
| it is never enough justification to beat someone | | | | their mother or their father. The trauma that you will |
| repeatedly. If a spouse committed a certain kind of | | | | be creating will be leaving a scar that will be there |
| mistake, this may be taken charge of by talking it | | | | forever. |