Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Set back.... Taking A Risk

Now im not going to lie,
These past couple of weeks ive been haveing a major set back on my gradproject. I was dealing with so much more projects i havent even gone on my blog in a week. But im back!. I just finished my MLA citation so im starting to get on track with things. Hopfully my grade doesnt fall because i semislipped. But on the bright side i think i have an idea of who i want to interview. Like i stated on my previous blogs a relative of mines was in a abusive relationship and it was my mother. She was abused in her first marraige and it took her awhile but she left him. I plan on interviewing on my mom because she wants to speak to teens about self esteem issues and how she felt during the abuse.
Another person who i would like to interview is her abuser.Now i knw that is a big issue but i feel like that would be the perfect closing to my project for people to hear how the abuse is now and how it changed his life. Now i know its going to be hard but for my project im willing to take this chance.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Did you know?

Did You Know??

*Women just dont get abused in relationships, men do too.


*Women who get involved in abusive relationships usually had an abusive childhood.


* Most women rationalize abuse as a behavior that is "normal"



* Emotional abuse is deflintity deosnt differ when it comes to phsical abuse


*71% of pet- owing women entering women's shelters reported that thier batterer had injured, maimes, killed or threatened family pets for revenge of psychologically control animals.

*Most women get attached to men becuse thier self conscious in themselves


*Most abuse programs are ver confiendtial for women only

*At least 1.8 million women are battered each year in the U.S.

*The suicides of 20% of white women and 50% of black women are preceded by incidents of domestic violence.

* 60% of all married women experience physical violence by their husbands at some time during their marriage.

*60% of battered women are also raped by their husbands.

*90% of battered women report that their children have witnessed the battering.

*More than 50% of the homeless women on the streets left home to escape beatings.

*50 to 80% of the women treated at hospital emergency rooms are there for injuries inflicted by their domestic partners.

*80% of men who batter commit no other crime.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Essential and Foundation Question

Essentail Question~ In abusive relationships, what makes women stay and what makes women leave?



Foundation Questions

* Who is usually the "battered" in the relationship?

* Who are usually the "batterers" in the relationship?

*After the beating, how does the batterers respond?

*After the beating, how does the battered repsond?

*What can the battered do to get away from the batterers?

* Is thier a difference between teen and adult abuse?

* What causes batterers to constantly beat thier significant others?

*Why is the "abuse pyramid"?

*What/Who gives the battered the courage to leave?