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A 6 paper on battered women / spousal abuse --in which the writer examines the typical 'reasons' for abuse, and why people stay in abusive situations. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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broke into the home she shared with her mother. The call to 911 came too late. Shields mother was fatally shot; both Shields and the infant were critically wounded, the
baby receiving a fractured skull. Shields boyfriend had no prior criminal record, although certainly he had displayed his violent temper during their stormy relationship. After his arrest, he told
police he was upset because Shields refused to let him see his son (Haynes PG). Why do people abuse their partners, and why do the abused partners remain in abusive
relationships? Violence is primarily about control -- one person controlling the other, emotionally, verbally, mentally, or physically. Dr. Clair Cohen, a psychologist with Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Hill Satellite
Center, notes that there seems to be a "cycle of violence" -- a man will abuse a woman; he then shows remorse; then becomes even more violent. Dr. Cohen
states, "Some women may try to please the man, but she cannot no matter what she does because its not anything she is doing. Its a problem the man has
with controlling his actions" (Haynes PG). Society has frequently focused on abuse as a womans problem, implying it was the woman who must have done something wrong, when
in fact, the womans actions have little to do with the "psychology of the batterer" (Haynes PG). The typical male abuser is one who is not normally violent; his most
predominant characteristic is a high insecurity and jealousy. Women often mistake their partners possessiveness for love, and so the cycle begins (Haynes PG). The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence,
in Denver, estimates that about 1400 women are killed every year by husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends; three to four million more women are battered by their partners (Rosen 152). The
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