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Ancient Mariner
First an advertisement from Amnesty International
I can see it every day on my way to work and it says : “Violence against women is a universal sport”.
( and I would add , timeless)
Then, some statistics
In November 2005, the french government published the following data : a woman dies after being beaten by her partner every four days. More than half of those women have been victims of domestic violence previously.
1 women out of 10 is a victim of domestic violence
1 women out of 20 is a victim of physical violence
The statistics are as frightening as these in other countries
There are several forms of domestic violence : verbal, physical, psychological, sexual, economic and according to psychologists the verbal and psychological violence can do as much harm as the physical violence. A women who has been insulted for weeks or months or years can loose all self-esteem , suffer from depression and commit suicide.
I think this form of violence is even more perverse than the physical violence because it’s harder too proove it as it’s invisible and as in most cases the woman will try to hide it from her family and friends.
If you want to understand the cycle of domestic violence, the possible reason for it and the reason why most women don’t try to leave their husband, I suggest that you have a look at this site. It also includes more statistics here.
This really made me think, especially the fact that domestic violence concerns 10% of women.
Among my friends, relatives and collegues there’s about 100 couples which means that statistically I know 10 women victims of domestic violence and this I can not imagine.
But if i think again about it, I remember when I arrived in my company 7 years ago, my collegues were sometimes talking of a girl who has just left the company and everybody knew that her boyfriend used to beat her. I didn’t know her personnally but I’ll count her for one.
From things I have witnessed, I’m also quite sure that my boss has perpetrated psychological and verbal violence on his wife a few years ago.
Finally a friend told me recently about a woman he knows, who according to what he said, seems to be a victim of verbal, psychological and maybe sexual violence.
Who are the potential 7 other ones ? I have no idea. I can not imagine any of my close friends and relatives in that situation and it’s even more difficult to imagine their boyfriends or husbands being the perpetrators of the violence.
More links if you're interested in the subject :
The World Health Organization has published a report on violence : read chapter 4 about domestic violence
Amnesty international about violence against women in France
I can see it every day on my way to work and it says : “Violence against women is a universal sport”.
( and I would add , timeless)
Then, some statistics
In November 2005, the french government published the following data : a woman dies after being beaten by her partner every four days. More than half of those women have been victims of domestic violence previously.
1 women out of 10 is a victim of domestic violence
1 women out of 20 is a victim of physical violence
The statistics are as frightening as these in other countries
There are several forms of domestic violence : verbal, physical, psychological, sexual, economic and according to psychologists the verbal and psychological violence can do as much harm as the physical violence. A women who has been insulted for weeks or months or years can loose all self-esteem , suffer from depression and commit suicide.
I think this form of violence is even more perverse than the physical violence because it’s harder too proove it as it’s invisible and as in most cases the woman will try to hide it from her family and friends.
If you want to understand the cycle of domestic violence, the possible reason for it and the reason why most women don’t try to leave their husband, I suggest that you have a look at this site. It also includes more statistics here.
This really made me think, especially the fact that domestic violence concerns 10% of women.
Among my friends, relatives and collegues there’s about 100 couples which means that statistically I know 10 women victims of domestic violence and this I can not imagine.
But if i think again about it, I remember when I arrived in my company 7 years ago, my collegues were sometimes talking of a girl who has just left the company and everybody knew that her boyfriend used to beat her. I didn’t know her personnally but I’ll count her for one.
From things I have witnessed, I’m also quite sure that my boss has perpetrated psychological and verbal violence on his wife a few years ago.
Finally a friend told me recently about a woman he knows, who according to what he said, seems to be a victim of verbal, psychological and maybe sexual violence.
Who are the potential 7 other ones ? I have no idea. I can not imagine any of my close friends and relatives in that situation and it’s even more difficult to imagine their boyfriends or husbands being the perpetrators of the violence.
More links if you're interested in the subject :
The World Health Organization has published a report on violence : read chapter 4 about domestic violence
Amnesty international about violence against women in France