Question

I need a reply to this discussion topic below.There is definitely a trend of domestic violence and abuse against women who are dependents. Perhaps these women are uneducated, unemployed or in jobs that make them vulnerable and desperate. These women could be drug/alcohol addicted, working as strippers or prostitutes. There is someone else that has power over them, mentally and financially, giving these women no voice, no defense and complete dependency on someone who could inflict harm if they are not compliant. Some of these women are mothers, wives, trying to make money to feed their children. There are others that are trying to feed an addiction, placing themselves in harm's way just for a fix.
There is domestic abuse in every level of society, however. Even in families that are wealthy, there are cases of abuse against the women. These women are also weakened, either through manipulation or vulnerability and so they are targets of abuse.
There are also the women who were abused as children and so their adult life is emotionally unstable causing them to crave attention, sex, money. These women dress and act very provocatively, placing themselves at risk for abuse and violence.

Seeking out any type of psychological help is key. The woman who is victim needs to speak to someone confidentially about what it is that may be happening in the home, workplace, school, anywhere. Having a trustworthy person, a counselor, priest, police, to discuss what she is going through. There is also the National Domestic Violence hotline for resources and advice. (1800-799-SAFE). It may be difficult to leave the situation based on the level of manipulation. Some women won't leave at first and will need psychological counseling and physical examination depending on how bad the abuse progresses.

The best self-defense is to avoid more violence. Most times, abusers will react negatively and the victim will only be placing herself in more danger. Unless she has self-defense training, which all women should have, she should avoid being violent in return. It really depends on a specific situation and how strong the woman feels and how confident she is in defending herself with violence.
Just like women, there are other groups that continue to face discrimination today. Unfortunately, the LGBT organization is a target for a lot of violence and hatred. People are still very sensitive and have closed minds. They do not understand people, and so they treat them horribly. This group faces a lot of false stereotypes and ultimately, it is fed by those ignorant people who are misguided and full of anger and their own insecurities.

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Answer 1

Abuse and violence is a major part of society since decades, and it is identified that women are the major group that is highly vulnerable to harm and abuse by others. The post here indicates various facts regarding this issue. It highlightes how the victimization of women is somewhere self-inflicted in some cases and just due to their vulnerable nature in others. It is very rare to see the concept of victimization in this form, but yes many researchers identified that some people presipitate victimization on to themselves, unknowingly due to their vulnerable nature. As dicussed in this post the habits, lifestyle, responsibilities of women are concerned to be the fact that they may adapt to the situations that may lead to abuse or exploitation from society.

Domestic violence is one example of such victimization where mostly women and children are vulnerable and manipulated and tollerate abuse. It is rightly stated that the women in such conditions do not have ability to understand what is happening with them. They tend to be manipulated to such an extent that they have emotional affection for the abuser and do not leave it in first place. It is also correct that support, counselling and external agency support helps such vulnerable group to identify the harm they are in and take proactive steps to minimize it.

Thus, it is considered that abuse and violence is common in many parts of the society, but preventing it and minimizing it is mainly in the hands of the victim. The ability to identify the harm and act against it is crucial, this is the only way the violence against women and other such groups can be prevented.