Violence and Abuse in Slumdog Millionaire

Women in India were raised in a world where divorcing your husband was an acceptable act. This eliminates this ability of a women to escape as they don't have the power to choose to leave their husband. The tragic thing is that violence against women doesn't just happen in places like India or the Middle East. It is happening right here in New Zealand, maybe on your street but the woman is too petrified to speak up and tell someone about it for fear of the unknown consequences of her actions. Some abused women try using drugs, alcohol, smoking or overreacting in situations to try to cope with being abused. Statistics show that women are killed by intimate partners twice as often as strangers. Also around one in four Australian women will experience domestic violence at some time in their life. These are shocking results however the most shocking is that in the United States in 2008, there were more than 550,000 women or girls aged 12 or older who were victims of domestic violence. Girls as young as 12. This shouldn't be happening, at 12 years old a young girl is starting to flirt with boys, she's starting to create goals and dreams, she is finding out who she is and where she belongs in the world. Women do not deserve to be treated this way, something has to change. Mahatma Gandhi said, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world. " If everyone worked together to put a stop to violence, we will be able to change this world.
             Children watch everything, how you move, what you say, how to act. They then take these observations and what they learnt and make the conclusion that they wish to be just like their mum or dad. So why let them witness their parents being violent towards one another? Imagine you're standing in the lounge of the house that you used to live in when.
             you were young, now imagine hearing your mother getting yelled at by your father. Next you then hear the sound of your dad's hand hitting your mum.