Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence is a huge issue around the world. In India domestic violence is a norm when it comes to a man beating his wife.  In India’s society it is common for a husband to beat his wife for various reasons. Woman who have a son instead of a daughter are less likely to get beaten. Woman can get beaten if they are sterilized due to their husband fearing of their wife’s cheating. In India it is ok for a man to beat his wife as long as he is a good husband. Woman get beat for cheating, if she does not do everything that is expected of her, according to the man’s standards in the house, or if the woman is not obeying her husband.

Industrialization and modernization have led to an increase of child abuse in India due to an intense completion that puts stress on a family of the middle class. Child abuse is also from a child who does not comply to a family’s rules. Child abuse can also come from with more families moving away from a joint family, then that family does not have enough support or help with the household duties which causes more stress.

In Vietnam violence is a big issue towards woman. They have two different kinds of violence, Invisible and Visible violence. Invisible violence is not physical but it is when your significant other makes you feel intimidated and makes you live in fear. Visible violence is what you can see. It is when you are being physically abused. With visible violence people can see the injuries on a woman and sometimes can cause death. When one is in a invisible domestic violence they tend to feel as though they are nothing. The man in the relationship makes the woman feel worthless in her life. He may verbally abuse you. While in a visible domestic violence a man will be angry about something that has nothing to do with the woman but takes it out on her. The man takes it out on the woman physically abusing them.

Allison