There can be mental abuse and physical in teen relationships; however, mental abuse is seen more often in these relationships. Mental abuse is the reason why teen victims stay with their abuser. Most people think that abuse is physical such as punching, kicking, or smacking a person around. "Mental abuse is emotional domestic abuse that inflicts physiological or emotional suffering or fear.” (Mama’s Health) According to Mama’s Health, mental abuse is seen more in teen relationships than physical abuse. The worst abuse has to be mental abuse because it can inflict humiliation, depression, and can lead to suicide in victims. The reason is that abusers manipulate their victims by making them feel powerless; they make them feel less than human. Victims often stay with their abusers because they believe that they deserve to be abused and that they could not function without their abuser. "In 1996, the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, for Health Canada, reported that 39% of married women or common-law wives suffered emotional abuse by husbands/partners. " A 1995 survey of women 15 and over 36-43% reported emotional abuse during childhood or adolescence, and 39% experienced emotional abuse in marriage or dating." This report does not address boys or men suffering emotional abuse from families or intimate partners. (Child Abuse) This research from the Child Abuse blog is about how child abuse can affect the child in the future and relates to how mental abuse is seen more in relationships. The link from the source provides statistics on how forty-three percent of women interviewed reported that they have experienced emotional abuse and thirty-nine percent experienced emotional abuse during dating or marriage. Over all, mental abuse in seen more in teen relationships and is the reason teens stay in with their abuser. "He would abuse her mentally and physically over and over, but she stayed with him and loved him because she believed that was a normal relationship for her." (CBS News) This is an interview from CBS News. A teenage girl name Trina described her experience when she was in an abusive relationship. The interview also describes how the abuse was physical, but mental abuse played a huge factor in her relationship and was harder for her to break away from her abuser. Trina was manipulated into believing that a normal relationship is to be abused everyday by her boyfriend. She even thought it was true love and how she could not function without him. These are signs of a victim being mentally abused, which causes teens to stay in their abusive relationship. (Katie Couric)
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