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Domestic Violence against Women in Australia

   

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Running Head: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA1Domestic Violence against Women in AustraliaStudent NameCourse Name and NumberProfessor NameDate

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA2Background informationEvery culture has a way of celebrating the very core of the family establishment, peace,comfort and security that comes with homes. With reference to women, the home has turnedout to be a place of pain and humiliation. Domestic violence against women by their malepartners is common, wide-spread and has far-reaching effects on the women. For too long,violence against women has been hidden behind closed doors and avoided in publicdiscourse; such violence can no longer be ignored as part of everyday life for millions ofwomen.Domestic violence has been an issue affecting Australian families for decades. According toWorld Health Organization (2013), it found that one-third of women around the world havesuffered violence in one way or the other in the course of their life. And those people whoviolate them are close partners either in a marriage or engagement. According to AustralianInstitute of Health and Welfare in Sandison, B. (2018), women are at greater risk of domesticviolence than men. One out of 6 women in Australia, since the age of 15 years, has beensubjected to violence. The report also establishes that 54% of women who have experiencedviolence from their current partner, experience it for that one incident. Bryant & Bricknell(2017) found that, in 2014-2015, eight women were hospitalized each day after beingassaulted by their partners. Also, about one woman a week in 2013-2014 was killed as aresult of violence from either previous or current partner. According to ABS (2017b), 1 inevery four women has experienced emotional abuse from current or previous partner sincethe age of 15 years. Still, 1 in every five women most likely experienced sexual abuse fromprevious or current partner since the age of 15 years. The study further asserts that in 2016,the police recorded an average of 52 sexual assaults each day against women.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA3However, the majority of women are still suffering in silence. The victims of violence don’twant people to know their predicaments. This has escalated challenges of mitigation effortsagainst women violence. Australia is recording high number violence rate against women.This violence mostly takes place in the form of sexual harassment, domestic violenceconducted by partners or relatives, violence in or around residential and working areas andalso cyberbullying. This briefing paper will explain the following concerning the violence onwomen:1.How domestic violence has impacted on the lives of the abused women2.The barriers that prevent women from disclosing abuse and seeking helpoutside.3.The need of the abused women to provide support.Causes of Women ViolenceThere has been a belief that partners who abuse their women feel the need to take control anddomineer to inflate their low self-esteem. Majority do not have control of their and they areemotionally unstable. Some even resort to violence because they feel inferior to their partnersin education and social economic background and extreme jealousy. Some partners areextremists in traditional beliefs and use them irrationally to feel they have controlling powerover their partners, because the belief women are inferior to men. Others may be sufferingfrom an undiagnosed personality problems or psychosocial disorders. Still, others may havebeen raised from a family setup where domestic violence was taken as normal incidents.When these children grow up they may take that behaviour into their life. According to Bryant & Bricknell (2017), partner’s domination or control may be in form ofsexual, emotional or physical abuse. Researches have established how interaction of

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA4situational and individual factors often leads to violent behaviours. That means most abusivepartners learn their behaviours from the people in the community, their family and othercultural influences in their life. Some are victims of violent families or have seen violenceoften in their life. According to the studies some abusers have ever been abused in their earlylife.Most abusers of women are either alcohol or drug abusers. Most of them lack control of theiremotions and violence impulses toward their partners. Due to this uncontrollable behaviourmajority of women suffer recurrent violence in their families. It has been proved that keepingsubstances and alcohol abuse at minimum helped reduce domestic violence significantly.Regardless of the cause of abuse or what the abuser is undergoing and which circumstances,domestic violence is not a justifiable act whatsoever. The research on the causes of domesticviolence is to better understand the reason behind physical, psychological and emotionalviolence in the families.The impact of Violence on WomenWHO Report (2013) established that there had not been much research on the health effectsto the women who have undergone domestic violence. Women suffer different healthproblems which encompass physical, health, sexual, reproductive, and mental health. Therehas been a significant health problem due to physical and psychological impacts.Together with both physical and emotional effects of violence on women, the overall qualityof their life is also affected negatively, which in turn result to negatively impacting how theyparticipate and engage in life and society activities. How these violence acts affect womenindividually and the act of violence, have ripple effects on the society in general (WorldHealth Organization 2011). For instance, loss of productivity and output from the workers,

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