Domestic Violence Against Women: Reason For Stay
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Domestic violence affects the lives of many women across the world. Violence against women has been clearly defined as a form of inequity innumerous documents. there are various risk factor for domestic violence present in the society but One of the main cause why domestic violence prevails and continues is the lack of alternatives among the victims. Women and children may be economically dependent on abusers. Elderly people and children may feel too powerless to escape. Language or cultural barriers may isolate victims from seeking help. Victims generally feel, it is better to suffer in silence than to be separated from loved ones. They keep hoping for improvement, but it is normally observed that, without help, violence gets worse. Victims may also feel helpless, guilty or worthless. They may feel ashamed of the poor quality of the relationship. Abusers may fear the consequences of seeking help, unaware that continuing as before may be even more dangerous. Family members may be unaware of the help that is available from the local agencies. They may also be unaware of their legal rights. Material and method:-A community based study was conducted in Luck now city. 300 women of 15-49 years age group residing in the community were selected by stratified random sampling. A pre design and pretested questionnaire was used to assess the effect of domestic violence women health Result:-finding raveled that above fifty percent of the respondent were not staying in abusive relationship. Conclusion:- result safely concluded that there are many reasons which Hassled women to stay in abusive condition in which economical reason is upper most.
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Jyoti Shukla
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