IOLENCE. PHYSICAL VIOLENCE INCLUDES SLAPPING, KICKING, BURNING, PUNCHING, CHOKING, LOCKING A PERSON OUT OF THE HOME, RESTRAINING, AND OTHER ACTS DESIGNED TO INJURE, ENDANGER, OR CAUSE PHYSICAL PAIN. THE SECOND TYPE IS EMOTIONAL ABUSE WHICH CONSISTS OF CONSISTENTLY DOING OR SAYING THINGS TO SHAME , INSULT, RIDICULE, EMBARRASS, DEMEAN, BELITTLE, OR MENTALLY HURT ANOTHER PERSON. THE THIRD TYPE IS SEXUAL ABUSE. SEXUAL ABUSE IS WHEN SOMEONE IS FORCED TO HAVE SEX WHEN HE/SHE DOES NOT WANT TO. FORCING SOMEONE TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTS THAT HE/SHE DOES NOT LIKE OR FINDS UNPLEASANT, FRIGHTENING, OR VIOLENT. BECAUSE SOME ONE IS MARRIED TO OR HAS BEEN SEEING THEIR PARTNER FOR A LONG TIME DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT THEIR MUST HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH THEM. NO ONE TYPE OF ABUSE IS WORSE THAN ANOTHER AND THEY ALL HAVE VERY EMOTIONALLY DAMAGING EFFECTS WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THE MOST PERPLEXING QUESTION IS WHY ? MOST PEOPLE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY AGREE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS WRONG AND THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE STOPPED. WE KNOW THAT IT IS DANGEROUS AND EMOTIONALLY DESTRUCTIVE FOR CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN A VIOLENT HOME. WE KNOW THAT IT IS VERY EMOTIONALLY DESTRUCTIVE TO THE ABUSED. MOST SOCIETIES HAVE CONDEMNED IT, WE PRAISE THE EFFORTS TO HELP THE ABUSED AND STOP THE VIOLENCE BUT WE STILL WONDER WHY IT DOES NOT GO AWAY. THE FIRST REASON IS THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE WHICH CAN BE VERY HARD TO BREAK. FIRST TENSION BUILDS DUE TO STRESS. THE ABUSER BECOMES CRITICAL, EDGY AND IRRITABLE. THE ABUSER GRADUALLY BECOMES MORE ABUSIVE AND MORE SEVERE INCIDENTS OF ABUSE START TO OCCUR. BOTH PARTIES CAN SENSE THE LOSS OF CONTROL WHICH ONLY FUELS THE TENSION. WITH THE SECOND STAGE OF THE CYCLE COMES THE VIOLENT OUTBURSTS WITH ACUTE BATTERING. THE ABUSER WILL FLY OFF INTO A RAGE FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND THERE IS TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL. THE THIRD STAGE COMES AFTER THE VIOLENCE HAS STOPPED. THE ABUSER BECOMES REMORSEFUL AND APOLOGETIC. THEY OFTEN BEG FOR FORGIVENESS A...
