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The Causes Of Domestic Violence

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Domestic violence is a big problem in the United States today. Domestic violence is anything from sibling abuse to elder abuse. Domestic violence has many names. Spouse abuse talks about abuse from a husband/wife or a boyfriend/girlfriend. Domestic violence is not just physical, but is behavior that is intended to control another person through the use of verbal assaults.
One big cause of domestic violence is stress. Things such as being unemployed, drugs, alcohol, or little money can cause a person a lot of stress. Also, it can sometimes be due to the abuser being abused themselves in their childhood. Statistics show that many people who are abused in their childhood become abusers themselves.
When domestic violence occurs there are many types of abuse that can happen. The first kind is physical violence. Physical violence includes anything that is intended to physically injure the person. The second type of abuse is emotional abuse which is consistently doing or saying things to emotionally harm another person.
The third kind is sexual abuse. Just because someone is married to someone doesn’t mean that they have to have sex with them. Even though these are different kinds of abuse, all of them are harming in their own ways.
People who have been abused think that there is no way out. They continue to put up with the abuse and eventually learn to deal with it. Also due to the history of domestic violence, it is still seen as acceptable in some ways and not a large threat

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