Introduction to Domestic Violence

Running head: GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
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Introduction:
According to the definition by United Nations the violence against women and relates to any act
of gender-based violence which results in in sexual, physical or psychological harm and
suffering to women. This can include threats like acts and arbitrary deprivation of Liberty both in
public and in private life.
The term Gender and sexuality according to sociology e a different. general is a term which
refers to the cultural or social distinctions associated with being female or male gender identity is
the extent to which a person identifies as being either feminine or masculine. On the other hand a
person's sexuality is determined by the biology which may not always correspondent with his or
her gender. Therefore the terms Gender and sexuality or not interchangeable. In the past the
patriarchal society had clearly differentiated the responsibilities and duties of male and female
members. The male members where more associated with outside works where the women is
used to indulge in in doing domestic course and brought up their children. The women were not
given proper scope for economic independence for properly utilizing their skills by giving them
education like male counterparts. This situation is more or less same in in many countries.
Despite the fact that the wave of modernism has open the door for women also but in many
societies the responsibilities and expectations from the women have remained same. In many
parts of the world the women are not allowed to show their faces to the others and going out of
the house is not accepted. In order to understand these issues the theories like functionalism,
feminism and modernism can be analyzed.
This paper the discussion about gender based violence and social impacts of it will be analyzed
on the basis of three examples. These examples include domestic violence against women rape

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and acid attacks. These are very common incidents that the women in the society are facing
every day. In comparison to these examples verbal harassment or pay gaps in terms of gender
discrimination seem trivial.
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The social concern connecting to the sexual or gender inequality has gone far that
includes the oppression of women by men in everyday life. The sociological understanding and
concepts are showing concerns towards the increasing violence on the basis of gender and how
they are leading to affect the social wellbeing of the people in the UK. The cases like domestic
violence on women, rape and acid attacks have become quite common in the developed
country like the UK.
According to the news published in Thesun.co.uk (2019), the UK has seen a disturbing surge of a
gender based violence especially acid attacks even in the city of London. Similarly the data
published in Ons.gov.uk (2020), it has been seen that the crime survey for England and Wales in
2018 the rate of domestic violence on women is fairly high. These violence include both sexual
as well as non-sexual. The targets of these violence include the women ranging from 16 to 59
years. Similarly The Guardian has pointed out the fact that the number of rape cases have been
recorded in different area of the UK but the criminals are not being prosecuted within expected
time.
The other evidences like Standard.co.uk (2019) has also mentioned about the acid attack problem
in the UK. This report has mentioned that the capital London has become the hotspot of such
gender based violence and some of the injured persons are below the age of 10. According to the
data published by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the violence against the women are

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increasing the UK that originates from the domestic violence and leads to the problems like acid
attacks and rape. However, the rate of gender based violence against the women are higher in the
Asian and African societies than that of the UK but in terms of population the percentage is
higher in the UK. These evidences published in the various newspapers and journals supports the
idea that the women are treated to be the weaker section of the society hence the males with
criminal psychology target them and conduct heinous acts to dominate them. The women in the
western societies like that of the UK are more independent in terms of economy as well as
socially. Most of them enjoy liberty as those of men as the legal system allows this for the
women in this society but the issues of femicide is getting impetus with increasing campaigning
against the women empowerment and feminist views.
The misogynist outlooks in the culture as seen by Boffey (2020), believes in the
subjugation of women where the women in the society will be abiding by most of the strict rules
regarding their clothes, education, employment, payment and other responsibilities. The issues
like femicide by the means of domestic violence, acid attacks and rape are being originated from
the hate crime and these violence are becoming global pandemic. The most concerning factor
relating to the women security in the developed country like that of the UK is that in some cases,
the police are not ready to record the cases of the victims making their allegations worthless
before political pressure or other powerful measures.
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The main concerns relates to the gender based violence in which he female members of
the society are being oppressed by their male counterparts. In order to analyze the reasons and
the impact of these gender based violence up the society, different sociological theories need to