Domestic Abuse And Gender Analysis

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A topic such as domestic abuse, we understand that this is something that in terms “we throw under the rug” so we do not have to deal with the issue. When we do not have to deal with this issue we are then put in a position of not getting the accurate statistics on domestic abuse for children, which than does not show our society the real issue and how big of a problem this truly is.
Cloos (2013) provides information such as, “It is estimated that females represent 85-90% of domestic abuse victims. Women are especially vulnerable to abuse between the ages of 16 and 24” (p.257) This statistic shows the dangers of domestic abuse towards women, especially young who may feel not having enough strength to defend themselves towards men. According
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As we know the staggering numbers for women, we need to understand that happening to men too. Umeed (2003) states, “When we think of domestic abuse, it is a natural to assume that woman are always the victims and men are the perpetrators.” This is a reality when we think of domestic abuse, we have the tendency of only focusing on that women only. Domestic abuse happens to both female and males and, while it is important to focus on both genders, it will help our society understand and conclude that when we focus on the real issue that humans are being abused, then we can come to a reality of when the word abuse is used that we think of human being abused, instead of one …show more content…
Teachers play a pivotal role in the detection and reporting child abuse, as they around the children during their work, but for some reason do not report to the child protective agencies. Sinanan (2011) reports the reasoning includes “Legal ramification for false allegations, consequences of disclosure, lack of knowledge regarding how to detect and report child abuse and possible deterioration of relationship between the school and family.” (p.60) The report from Sinanan shows valid reasoning on why cases may not be reported but we focus on one thing, the child