Why Awareness of Domestic Violence and Abuse is
Necessary
The topic of Domestic violence and abuse is generally hushed by the society. Victims
usually remain muted; blame themselves for such behavior or attempt to make things normal.
Physical assault and abusive behavior along with other elements combined by a partner is
regarded as Domestic violence and abuse. Those are technically different but the term violence
and abused are interlinked with each other. Generally, this happens in the heterosexual couples
but it is not really confined as gay couples go through it too. Around 38,028,000 women have
experienced domestic violence from their partners at least once in a lifetime. Though women are
majorly the victims, men sometimes suffer too from their partners.
There are several factors that are counted as domestic abuse and violence. Physically
hitting a person or abusing is the two main factors. Other characteristics include dominating
one’s life, threatening, demeaning another person or even sexual violence. The list is long and is
exaggerated to various aspects. The signs of domestic violence and abuse occur gradually. In the
beginning of any relation, everything seems well and then the issue arises. The person
committing the delinquency, love and apologize profusely, initially. And then domestic violence
occurs before the victim realizes it. It happens to people irrespective of their age, religion and
community. According to an international report, nearly 10,000,000 children are exposed to
domestic violence every year.
The psychological aspects of domestic abuse and violence on victims are life shattering.
It breaks their confidence and they develop a psychological trauma which even causes death in
severe cases. Physically, domestic violence causes bruises, black eyes and other mark which
relies on the area the victim has been hit. It gets very difficult for the victim to hide the bruises
especially if it is on the face. Recently, a Moroccan TV show aired a makeup tutorial to hide the
domestic violence on a woman with cinematic bruises. This show was telecasted on the
International Day for Violence against women and received ample of rage from people all over
the world. Strict action was taken against this episode as people signed petition to higher
authority.