Domestic Violence
Domestic violence isn’t what we thought we would be carrying as a societal problem into the new Millennium. In fact, its an ancient problem that mere mention of it today as an ongoing crisis should really make our society embarrassed and oppressive. Only with the past decade is our society beginning to realize that we’ve overlooked the stringency of domestic violence. All along we’ve been viewing domestic violence as merely a moral and ethical dilemma, not an obligation. We’ve convinced ourselves that it was a ‘private family matter” and not a criminal act. We have told ourselves that some women deserve it, or that they provoked it to happen. We excuse ourselves from the problem, into an uncomfortable but yet acceptable, part of our culture and convinced ourselves it was okay to look the other way. So while we were looking the other way, here’s what has developed. Domestic violence is now one of the leading causes of death among women. Not heart disease, not breast cancer, nor accidental injury but the beating, scarring, terrorizing and often murder. Women in this country are more likely to be victimized by assault, battery, rape, or homicide. Occurring more than likely by an ex or current male partner than all other a
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Approximate Word count = 1095
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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