Domestic Violence

Despite the fact that domestic violence has been publicly spoken out against more now than ever before -whether it be in movies or published articles- there has been an increase in domestic violence, a shocking rate of 42% -womenslaw.org. According to evefoundation.org domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power or control over another intimate partner. Sounds ridiculous, i know, but if you really were sit down and ponder upon the different domestic violence scenarios shown through the media, it isn't hard to identify that the offender usually comes across as an individual desperately trying to maintain power over the victim.

What's even more shocking is estiamtes range from 960 thousand to 3 million for incidents of domestic violence yearly!-evefoundation.org. I find it sad that an individual with insecurity issues would stoop as low as abusing a love one in order to receive an ego boost or even for the self-satistfactoring feeling of being in "control". I find the fact that individuals, -especially women- tolerate or even develop excuses for their partner that practices such abhorrent behavior, troubling; children make these situations worse, being that what they see in a household, most times, is what they grow up to execute.

Before writting this blog, while doing research, I read some domestic violence success stories and realized that in every situation, no matter how hope-crushing it may seem, there is infact hope; one must build their own aspiration to flee the life of bondage and despair and fight for the life every good person deserves to live, one full of liberty, joy, abundance, and delectation.