Barriers to Leaving a Battering Relationship
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Introduction
Although a battering relationship hurts, one may wonder why women still stay. Many barriers obstruct them when making up their minds to leave. The paper explores on the barriers women face in their attempts to leave a battering relationship.
Barriers That Exist For Women in Their Attempts to Leave a Battering Relationship
Women may have limited or no resources to be able to leave a battering relationship successfully. They may need several resources like money, shelter, and skills to provide for themselves and their children (Caridade et al., 2020).
Women may fear the batterer killing them, abusing them more, and hurting their loved ones like children. They may also have a fear of him committing suicide and destroying their valued family belongings.
Pressure from family or religion. The family and faith may expect a woman to stay in a relationship at all costs (Michaels, 2016). Religion may disapprove of divorce and encourage a woman to stay and pray in such a relationship.
A woman may believe that the batterer will change. She may also hope that the battering is temporary, and she can try her best to make him change. The batterer may use some manipulative tactics to make her believe so always by promising her that it will never happen again.
Why I Chose the Video
The video best illustrates my ideas. The video’s information has backed ups of official data from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Contributions from different individuals like the domestic violence officers and educators, social workers, and counselors help explain the discussed barriers from different perspectives.
Conclusion
Leaving a battering relationship is quite a challenging process as a woman faces many barriers. A battered woman can leave and return close to seven times before leaving and permanently separating from the batterer.
References
Caridade, S., Pinheiro, I., & Pimenta Dinis, M. A. (2020). Stay or Leave Abusive Dating Relationships: Portuguese Victims’ Reasons and Barriers. Social Sciences, 9(5), 84.
Michaels, H. M. (2016). Why She Doesn’t Just Leave: The Interaction of Attachment and Perceived Barriers to Leaving an Abusive Relationship. Wheaton College.
Mullen, K. (2020). Retrieved 18 October 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU05JKsUThk&t=8s