The document discusses different types of violence including physical, verbal, psychological, and sexual violence. It argues that anti-violence laws and support often overlook violence against men and that society wrongly views men as only being perpetrators and women only being victims. The document calls for anti-violence to be applied equally to all genders and for greater support for male victims of abuse.
The document discusses different types of violence including physical, verbal, psychological, and sexual violence. It argues that anti-violence laws and support often overlook violence against men and that society wrongly views men as only being perpetrators and women only being victims. The document calls for anti-violence to be applied equally to all genders and for greater support for male victims of abuse.
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An essay about anti - violence specifically gender violence.
The document discusses different types of violence including physical, verbal, psychological, and sexual violence. It argues that anti-violence laws and support often overlook violence against men and that society wrongly views men as only being perpetrators and women only being victims. The document calls for anti-violence to be applied equally to all genders and for greater support for male victims of abuse.
The document discusses different types of violence including physical, verbal, psychological, and sexual violence. It argues that anti-violence laws and support often overlook violence against men and that society wrongly views men as only being perpetrators and women only being victims. The document calls for anti-violence to be applied equally to all genders and for greater support for male victims of abuse.
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Anti – Violence to All
Violence can be referred to any type of commonly, physical altercation perpetuated by
one person to another being. It is not just seen in physical aspect, it can also be verbal, psychological, and sexual. Verbal violence is a type of abuse using hurtful words to deliberately attack an inferior person. Psychological violence is an abuse targeting the mental and emotional state of person. It usually involves non-physical actions to purposely manipulate, threaten, distort, and influence a person’s mind adversely. Sexual violence, in nature, is a deliberate sexual act to person without consent, may it be with or without contact. Frequently, violence are acted upon by a physically bigger person to a physically smaller person. But that is what society tells us, physically bigger person (man) might mean the actor of the violence and physically smaller person (woman) are the receiver of the violence. That stigma is sexist in every aspect and it should stop.
There are a lot of laws in relation to anti-violence, a lot of it only protect women and kids. We overlooked men that also suffers from such violence. That is because it is the norm of our society, only women are being abused and that men are the perpetrator of the abuse. If a woman has a black eye and a split lip, people instantly thinks that this woman is being violated or being abused but when a man has the same intensity of bruises, people assumed that he is just in a brawl with another man. It is despondent that there are laws created specifically for women but none for men. There are gender neutral anti-violence laws but never a designated one specifically for men. It is imperative for us, for the world to acknowledge that men can also be the abused and women can also be the abuser, after all we are made free and equal.
According to statistics, women have more cases of reported abuse than men. The reason is that men tend to hide the abuse perpetuated upon them because of ego and gender stereotype made by the society. Men, who suffered abuse under the hands of a woman, tend to think that no one will believe them. Men are physically seen as the bigger and stronger person than women causing it to be difficult, for others, to comprehend when a man reports abuse caused by woman. How does a woman, weak and small, abuse a big strong man? It doesn’t matter. Sizes, in relation to abuse, is a big component in an abuse but it does not guarantee abuse. A big strong man can also have in mind to never harm a person, more so, a woman. A “big strong” man can be soft on the inside and cannot stand hurting someone. On the other hand, women can also be the “big strong” woman, and have the intentions of hurting other people.
Anti-violence against men are overlooked and neglected. Though it should be given equal importance as to anti-violence against women. According to a study, police and hospitals are trained to look for violence acted upon only on a woman. This shows how much our society shape our minds that only women can be abused. Anti-violence should be used and applied to all gender. Anti-violence against men should be a big thing and not seen as controversial. Society is to blame as to why men are afraid to speak up about their abuse. The society needs to open their mind and accept that everyone can be abused and the abuser, not just one gender.
Supporting peer groups that help men and women have voices is one way of helping the abused. Those groups help inform those who are abused, that there are help for them and that their voices can be heard loud and clear. If you personally know a friend or relative that are abused, let them know that you support whatever they want, let them know you care about them and their safety. Encourage him/her to talk to someone that can help. Never make them feel shame and doubt. For people that personally experienced any kind of violence, never ever justify your abuser and know you have and you will have people to support and help you, may it be your family, relatives, close friends and peer groups. Violence can never be justified in any way and should be punishable by law. No man or woman should be afraid of speaking up against their abusers. They should feel at the very least, safe and away from all the violence. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.”
