Jianna Henegar (FGCU): women in abusive relationships

Women in abusive relationships is a very sad and scary social problem.  Everyday women are victims of abusive relationships.  But from articles that i have read makes me believe that women are choosing to stay in these relationships.  Does this make it okay for them to be in the relationship since they are making a decision? NO!  There are many reasons why it is so hard to get away from an abusive relationship and that is why this is a serious social problem occuring in the United States.  Women are said to stay in abusive relationships for many reasons but the main reason is for their economic dependency on their batters.  Many women feel as if staying in the abusive relationships is better than raising the chidren as a single mother.  The victim may have hopes that the abuser will change their ways of living overtime and others have the mindset of the reason the abuser treats them as they do because of their expression of love!  This is crazy but a true fact.  Leaving the battering spouse depends largely on the economic resources to survive with or without him.  Women who are economically dependent on their husbands are more likely to be battered and less likely to leave the relationship.  This social problem leads to poverty, crime, violence, health care, and lack of affordability of child care.  This is because of the economic dependency  of leaving the relationship.  All of these factors are many reasons that the woman cannot leave the husband.  One social problem will lead to the next.  So what does the woman do?  Stay strong! Work through it! Leave the abuser because things will work out, anything is better than being in the abusive relationship.

Sources: libraryindex.com
Journal of interpersonal violence

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