The Battered Woman Syndrome and The Premenstrual Syndrome deny women's anger and aggression

The Battered Woman
Syndrome and The
Premenstrual Syndrome deny
women s anger and
aggression

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
In 1970s, the battered women syndrome was first coined by American feminist psychologist
named Dr Lenore E. Walker that women are suffering from the physical and psychological
violence by their partner or abuser which is very traumatized and female who are victim of
partner violence by physically or mentally sometimes leading to criminal behaviour and commit
manslaughter in their self-defence (Kennedy, 2018). Premenstrual syndrome is occurring due to
hormonal changes during ovulation and a period. Common signs and symptoms of premenstrual
syndrome are depression, fatigue, mood swings, irritability etc. Due to having these hormonal
changes during menstrual cycle, it mainly affects the mood of the women and also influence the
bad emotion in women such as aggression, anger. Some women have to suffer from severe
premenstrual syndrome due to which they influence and also commit some serious crime. Due to
which they have to face some serious result. This report covers the discussion on battered women
syndrome and the premenstrual syndrome deny women anger and aggression through
criminology and defend of diminished responsibility.
MAIN BODY
Battered women syndrome (BWS) is refer to variable complex symptom of psychological
and physical injuries that are performed on women continuously abused by their partner, this
also known as battered wife syndrome or battered women syndrome. Battered women syndrome
is a condition of psychological disorder. In addition, this syndrome affects the female who has
been subjected to repeatedly abused by the batterers. Due to this, it leads to a female victim into
physical and mental health problem such as depression, anxiety, feeling of fear, coercive control
as well as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). When women faced such type of syndrome or
assaulting by the men then that women uses legal arguments of diminished responsibility, self-
defence, insanity or dementia because that women are not mentally stable. As mentally unstable
battered women also use sometime physical power to kill their abuser. Such female can be
charged to criminal offence if that female victim committed manslaughter or murder for killing
their partner and then also claim that act was committed in their self-defence (Chan and
Sheridan, 2020). Battered women syndrome evidence may offered prove to claims of insanity
and self-defence. Therefore, this evidence is assist by jury members of court to resolve the
innocence or guilty of defendant victim based on claims of insanity or self-defence. Under the
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