is a major issue. It is a controversial subject at hand in todays society and many people are affected, whether it is public or privately known. This type of family violence is complex and many people ask why it is so violent and why it is considered violent. To respond to these questions, an article was released on countries that outlaw domestic violence. This article stated that in recent years, sexual harassment has been publicly acknowledged as harmful to women, and countries are taking the first steps by adopting legislation prohibiting it (www.unicef.org). Because of many speculations and confusion, domestic violence is categorized into specific offences: marital rape is a criminal offence and sexual harassment laws. [The] laws that criminalize gender-based violence are positive steps but they offer not guarantees. Worldwide, even where laws are in place, prosecution of perpetrators is rare, and successful prosecutions uncommon (www.unicef.org). Although these laws are passed and enforced in many countries around the world, violence still occurs and women are still being violated and abused, whether it is publically or privately, in a family relationship.Another example of family violence promoted in either the public or private spheres as a social force is in Riane Eislers work Human Rights and Violence. Eisler attempts to explain that certain forms of violence in families are a form of human rights that are mistreated and abused. For this reason, Eisler is able to successfully explains the social force of familyrelationships that cause interpersonal violence inevitably falls under the private or public spheres. Eisler goes on and logically speaks about a world where human rights are valued. In this world the distinction between public and private violence, cruelty, and discrimination is seen as wrong and absurd. Eisler continues to explain that private or family relations as separate and distinct, or at best as far ...
