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Domestic Abuse
Tanisha Durham
Intro to Sociology
Professor Kim Hilby
Paper #1

Domestic violence is a problem that continues to grow daily. Many people that are abused are usually done so by a spouse, partner, friend or a family member. There are many forms of domestic violence. It is not just considered being physically abusive towards someone but it details others ways of abuse. Such as stalking, intimidation, withholding their own personal belongings, name-calling or even causing sexual assault on those who've have repeatedly said no. Statistics have shown that not all victims are women. 5% of the cases reported are men victims. Though this still leaves women as being abused 95% of the time it shows that this problem is not just one-sided.
Some will define domestic violence as a husband or wife battering the other one. In all reality domestic abuse is displaying any type of verbal or physical harm from one person in an involved relationship to the other partner. This form......

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