When most people hear the term “domestic violence,” they often assume that a man is the aggressor. While this may be true in many of the reported cases, domestic violence against men is more common than you may think and can pose a serious threat to its victims. Fortunately, men…
Being a victim of, or watching a loved one be subjected to, domestic violence is painful beyond imagining. You often feel powerless to do anything about it, there often appears to be no way out and no options other than to endure. However, that is not the case. Most legislations…
Gender violence is considered as any sexist act that has or may have; as a result physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, labor, economic or patrimonial damage or suffering; coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, as well as the threat of executing such acts, whether they occur in the public or…
Violence against women is a sexist act that produces physical, psychological, or emotional damage and translates into verbal or physical abuse in any context. Today, we collect all types of violence against women because none is minor: all are a consequence of the discrimination that women suffer through laws or…
With recent headlines announcing girlfriends and wives’ arrest for physically abusing their partners, a question that we don’t ask often enough has been raised! Out of all of the male-on-female domestic violence cases we hear so much about, how many men are victimized? While it’s not very common to hear…
Domestic violence in Florida is defined as assault or battery, aggravated assault or battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death, committed by a family or household member against another family or household member. “Family or household…
No women or men should ever face a situation where they are victimized by people they thought once would protect them. This is what I feel about domestic violence. As I write this, I got to know about a case of domestic violence that happened in the open, and no…
