"The requirements needed to obtain a restraining order do not take into account same sex "dating" relationships" (Bachman 1995). Experts agree that people do not take same sex domestic violence as seriously as they should and this results in numerous difficulties. ... This deterrent can especially be seen in younger individuals' same sex relationships because they are just beginning to explore their sexuality (Hattery 2012). The stereotype that men are usually the perpetrators in domestic violence situations cannot be assumed with same sex relationships. ... Finally,...

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Interview As part of my research, I conducted my own personal interview with a lesbian female that discussed same sex dating violence that occurred in her relationship. ... As a result, this program has helped Courtney to focus on herself and provided several resources/services that will be supportive of LGBT relationships in comparisons to her same sex dating violence experience. ... The lack of experience in same-sex dating may make it difficult for an LBT teen to identify abuse in the relationship. ... In fact, 82.4% identified a high school- or community-based LGBT youth group as a place...

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Although women can also be violent and abuse exists in some same-sex relationships, the vast majority of partner abuse is perpetrated by men against their female partners. ... Partner abuse can take a variety of forms including physical assault such as hits, slaps, kicks, and beatings; emotional abuse, threats, economic abuse, using children, psychological abuse, such as constant belittling, intimidation, and humiliation; and coercive sex. ... Asking behavioral questions "for example, "Has your partner ever physically forced you to have sex against your will?... One of the circumstances ...

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People have always said,""sex sales."" But, sex and violence in conjunction with women can't be a good recipe. ... When we see people namely women: as objects, figurines, wives, mothers, sex, objects, and not human. ...

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In physical abuse, the greatest volume of abuse is directed to powerless usually those below the age of sex years. ... Date rape occurs when there is forced sex between people who know each other and are not necessarily family members. ... They usually erode a person's common sense and drive him to abuse others by forcing them to have sex. ...

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Sexual abuse consists of unwanted touching, withholding or demanding sex, forcing sex, martial rape, or insisting on anything sexual that frightens or hurts you. ... Marva Wallace's husband beat her often throughout their one year marriage and made her perform a sex act on him while their two year old daughter watched afterewards Marva Wallace went to the bedroom, got a shot gun and shot him three times in the back of his head. ...

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Other categories of sexual abuse include; pedophilia, exhibitionism, molestation, sex (statutory rape), sexual sadism, and child pornography. ... In other cultures and times, prostitution was a valid form of employment, and this role provided an integral outlet for connoisseurs of sex. ...

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Battered Wife Syndrome is a psychological condition of a wife stemming from prolonged emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse from their spouse. It is better known as Battered Woman/Person Syndrome, widening the scope of the definition to apply to more cases with similar outcomes. A diagnosis of this nature usually arises after the abused person in question injures or kills their spouse, the abuser. In the trial following an event where the battered wife attacked and/or killed her abuser, it is sometimes questionable as to whether or not Battered Wife Syndrome is a justifiable reason to harm ...

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(Ruth p.4) There are many categories of sexual abuse, these include; incest, pedophilia, exhibitionism, molestation, sex (statutory rape), sexual sadism, and child pornography. ... In other cultures and times, prostitution was a valid form of employment, and this niche provided an integral outlet for connoisseurs of sex. ...

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An article that analyzed masculinity ideologies by using the Male Norms Inventory found that, " men endorse traditional masculinity ideology to greater extent than do women, and, in most studies, sex has a larger effect size than race/ethnicity" (A Review of Research on Masculinity Ideologies). There is evidence that men place a higher importance on their masculinity as a part of their identity more than any other factor like, sex, race, and social class. ...

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In these as well as in her more recent works, which include the nonfiction accounts Skin: Talking About Sex, Class and Literature and Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, Allison has secured her reputation as a writer who deals frankly and boldly with the issues of gender, class, and sexual orientation (3). ...

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Maltreatment of children is not a new phenomenon. It dates back far into history, as far as the colonial times and even back to biblical times. During the recent years child maltreatment has had an increase in the public's eye. There are many factors to child maltreatment. There are four general...

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Van Houton and Golemiewski view on which sex needed more attention was sort of similar to Flowers all except the issue about pregnant runners. " Pregnant runners should not be in the system if they get caught. ...

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Who will speak for the children in a world ruled by adults? Many professionals, parents, teachers and other experts have tried but even with their efforts children continue to be abused at an alarming rate. The physical and sexual abuse and neglect, children must endure in their own homes is detrime...

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Abusers have learned that they can get what they want from people who care about them by using threats, put-downs, emotional terrorism, isolation, financial deprivation, forced sex, and physical violence. ...

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Sexual abuse of children is currently recognized as a serious problem with long-time effects on both the children and the adult survivor. Child sexual abuse is reported up to 80,000 times a year, but the number of unreported is far greater because children are afraid to tell anyone what has happened (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2011). According to recent data reports in 2011, research studies showed that approximately 1,545 deaths were estimated in child deaths. (Maltreatment Reports, 2011). This data report suggested that at least 42 percent of children die from negle...

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Abstract The very idea of someone you think you know or love, causing you bodily or emotional harm seems unreal to most. But time and time again our society sees the effects of domestic violence. Whether in the form of physical or emotional abuse, violence is never acceptable at any level. Locally, ...

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