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Essay on Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence has become a global problem and is found in every society of the world. Crimes are being committed against all elements of the society. The most effected are children and women. The cases of sexual stalking are common, assaults on the women and the girls have become a general happening. The children are experiencing abuses, sexual harassment and physical assaults. Not all the victims report the violence to the law enforcement agencies because of various reasons including fear of vengeance. The rape and murders take place in large number and the same are committed generally by ex husbands and boy friends.
Domestic violence is also being committed against the men and amongst same sexes also. The gays are facing the violence and lesbians are also facing the same problem. The violence is a social problem that needs to be addressed seriously by all the social setups. Serious remedial measures are required to be taken at individual, family and at government level. The domestic violence includes assaults, rapes, murders and robbery. Most of the domestic violence cases go unnoticed as they happen within the private premises unless the effected party reports these. Some of the victims also do not report because of shame or the fear of insults and retaliations.
Psychology is the science which studies behavior and mental processes.
As we all know that psychology has grown throughout the history, it has been defined in number of ways by different researchers. Greeks philosophized regarding the relationship of personality characteristics to physiological behavior. Since then, philosophers are trying to give theories to explain and understand complete human behavior. Behavior and mental processes are the result of mostly unconscious struggles in each person between the drive to please basic instincts, such as sex or anger, and limits imposed by culture.....
