The Single Mother’s Association

Domestic violence

—               In Europe domestic violence is the most important cause of death for women between 16 and 44 years.

—               People are mostly threatened, victimized or abused in their own families.

—               Most official registrated violent crimes takes place inside people’s houses.

—              Offenders are 80% male 

 —                Women and chops, the more you beat them, the better they get. (Germany)

—                Beating delivers good wives. (China)

—               Domestic violence; Who are the victims? Mental violence affects men and women equally.

—               Women, compared to men, are more often victims in highly frequent violence.

—               All levels of the society; highly educated people have relatively  high scores at domestic violence.

—               Most victims of physical and mental violence are between 10 and 25 years of age, 45% of the victims of sexual abuse

are younger than 18 years of age.

—               Men/ boys and women/ girls are equally affected by domestic violence.

—               Men/ boys more often are victims of physical abuse.

—               Women/ girls more often are victims of sexual abuse.

—               Child abuse is 15 times more likely to occur in households where adult domestic violence is also present.

—               45-63% of mothers of abused children are also abused

Who are the victims?

—               Incidental victims (mostly once)

—               Chronic victims

—                Repeated trauma victims

—                Dependent victims (negative self image, low self esteem)

—                 Psychologically agressive victims (induce violence by harassing, verbally stronger than the victim)

—               Drug- Alcohol dependent victims

—                 Borderline victims (sometimes even agressive)

—               40% Of the children who witness domestic violence will develop (behaviour and psychological) problems

—               As violence against the mother becomes more severe and frequent in the home, children experience a 300% increase

in physical violence by the male batterer.

—               The potential for victimized parents abusing their children

—             The rate of child abuse by mothers who were victimized was twice as high as that of mothers whose husbands did not assault them

References

—               GALDSTONE, R. (2007) The domestic dimension of violence: child abuse. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child

—               SHARKEY,C. (2008) Sense of personal worth, self-esteem and anomia of child abusing mothers and controls. Journal of Clinical Psychology

—               STRAUS, M. A.(2008) Wife beating: how common and why, Victomology