Intimate Partner Violence
After reading the article this week think more about why battered women/men stay. Some of the questions/comments we often hear related to abuse are, “why don’t they just leave”, “who would stay”, and “it is their own fault for not leaving”.
For your assignment this week think more about the article you read and the above questions/comments. Table 9-3 on page 330 in the text book talks about four categories of reasons victims stay.
Choose one of the reasons (individual factors, family and cultural factors, community services, or social policies) that you feel is the most important reason a victim chooses to stay. Society often makes assumptions that it is easy to leave, and that victims really do have a choice; we know this is not always the case.
Discuss your thoughts on the article and the “reason battered victims stay” from Table 9-3 that you found most significant.
