DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WOMEN VICTIMIZATION: VERIFICATION FROM A COMMUNITY BASED STUDY IN BANKE DISTRICT (original) (raw)

2018, Journal Name : Journal of Academia, Vol. 3, No. 3, July : 2018 Democrat Professor's Association, Nepal District Co-ordination Committee, Surkhet

Domestic violence indicates brutal manner to women within family. Violence against women is global epidemic that kills, tortures women physically psychologically, sexually, economically and so on. There are also many more forms of violence against women in our society from which women have been being suffered since decades. Violence against women is also referred to as gender based violence because it is rooted in women's lack of power in relationship and in society relative to men. Such kind of violence can be found in everywhere, though there are variations to the patterns of violence. Domestic violence is not a private matter. It is a serious crime and public health concern that can include physical, sexual, psychological, emotional abuse of one current, former intimate partner by another. Everyone can be a victim of domestic violence no matter how old we are, what our racial cultural background may be, what type of education we have, how much money, our religious beliefs may be. Domestic violence is usually not single event and often becomes more severe and frequent over time. Many batterers are not violent in other relationships, such as at work with friends (Keeling and Mason 2008). Domestic violence the severity of that violence, when confronted with their abusive behavior they tend to blame their partner for provoking. Many factors may contribute to abuse. Some batterers lack the ability to control their actions and do not know how to react appropriately and nonviolently to stress and dissatisfaction. A need for power and control, an abusive family background, feelings of inadequacy and stress all may contribute to abusive behavior. Alcoholism drug abuse do not cause domestic violence but being drunk high does intensify existing violent behaviors. Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior, which involves violence other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage cohabitation. Intimate partner violence is violence by a spouse partner in an intimate relationship against the other spouse partner. Domestic violence can take place in heterosexual and same-sex family relationships and can involve violence against children in the family (Harne and Radford, 2008). In abusive relationships, there may be a cycle of abuse during which tensions rise and an act of violence is committed, followed by a period of reconciliation and calm. Victims of domestic violence