How to handle Domestic Violence
By sherinek
@sherinek (3320)
United States
11 responses
@LovingIt (5396)
• United States
25 Oct 06
Are you talking about if it happens to you or are you talking about if you know of it happening say to a neighbor?
If you are the victim, don't put up with it. No matter what it takes, get out of the situation. Leave or get a restraining order to keep him away from you. Do whatever it takes to protect yourself.
If it's someone else and you know they are a victim and won't help themselves, report the abuse yourself.
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@LovingIt (5396)
• United States
25 Oct 06
I was once such a woman and I do understand how hard it can be to leave your husband. When I was facing it, I was dependent on my husband for an income and I was ashamed to let my family know what was going on. In my head, I thought they would think less of me. No one in my family had ever been divorced and that didn't help the way I felt. When I became fearful that he was going to hurt our children as well, I finally got up the courage to leave.
Somehow women have to made to understand that it's not their fault. Abusive men make them feel that everything is their fault! It's awful to be in that situation. There has to be more publicity telling women what to do if they are being abused and how to go about safely leaving. There needs to be more programs to help these women.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Sep 06
Very rarely we see such a thing in decent family. Money could be criteria for such violence. It triggers off in a different way. People who care for decency and dignity and respect for neighbour's peace will not get indulged in violence in their own house. In someplaces in India, the elders of the village interfere and advise the people who are involved in the violence and try to settle the issues. Then calm prevails.
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@riced10 (7)
• United States
24 Oct 06
Domestic Violence happens in all kinds of families. Decent, respectable, wealthy, and all nationalities. There is many reasons for it happening. People are too fast to judge other people before finding out how and what they can do to help. All people involved with domestic violence needs counseling (Group as well as one on one). The victim needs the counseling in order to become strong enough to leave and do better for themselves, and the children sure needs it in order to become productive part of society.
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@comradevic (230)
• Nigeria
19 Nov 06
Handling domestis violence requires skill. Be patient and find out the thing that really cause violence and deal with it carefully. Try to be loving and tender no matter waht. In that way, you would putting a nice impresion.
