Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is well known as an abuse for children, spouses or any member of the family. This kind of violence can be in different aspects like physical and emotional mistreatment. Also the intimidation and isolation is applied in the domestic violence. An article of the American Academy of experts in traumatic stress explains that the domestic abuse is intentional to control another person. It´s important to know the reasons and consequences of the violence; it might be helpful in some cases.
There are so many causes of the domestic violence; but some of them are more common. The first one is that this kind of violence is a cycle so if one member of the family was abused in their childhood they are going to react in the same way with their family thinking that is a normal process. In the same article of American Academy of experts in traumatic stress, they mention a list of reasons of the domestic violence some of them are: economic problems which generate stress and desperation. The most dangerous feelings in the abuser are the depression and Jealously because it’s the main cause in violence between intimate partners. And last but not least the people who are violent and no one stopped them are the potential abusers; that´s why is essential to put attention in the kids that have certain behavior that reveals violence.
In the same way it´s obvious that all this causes have consequences which some of them are the most dangerous and in the worst cases can end in death. The consequences depend on the type of violence that each person suffers; for example with physical violence the result will be body injuries. In the case of emotional abuse the victim is going to feel depressed and useless which sometimes can cause serious problems in self-confidence. As well the consequences are based on the behavior and reactions of the abuser for that reason the effect could change.
Unfortunately in our country is more common the violence with women however with men occurs too. Since 1999 the law against domestic violence was introduced for the first time into the assembly; until 2007 this law was accepted according with an article from La Nacion. This commandment, which is directly for women, is evaluated and managed by INAMU (Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres). According with the statements of this law it says that the abuser will have 25 to 30 years in jail and the punishment for insulting a women will be from six months to two years in jail. Sadly not all the times this penalty is applied for different reasons; sometimes is because the crime is not informed and another reason is because the neglect of some police officers.
Therefore it’s important to improve our knowledge about the abuse to protect our family and ourselves. We can modify the opinions of the society changing the way of thinking and do something to solve the problems of violence as a famous phrase says “if you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem”. The transformation has to start from the little kids to the older people because it’s necessary to teach them about the reactions that they need to avoid. The purpose is correct the disrespect between the members of the family. The only way to see results is having ideas to revolutionize as a society trying to reduce the percentage of violence in our country and why not in the world.