Teachback

1. Violence
Against Women
Chapter 24
Chelsea Clemmer

2. What are violence and
abuse?
 Violence and abuse can either be
physical or emotional. Although different,
both are equally damaging to the victim.
 Physically abuse: physical assault, sexual
assault, and rape.
 Emotional abuse: verbal assault, isolation,
intimidation, and controlling behavior.

3. Statistics
 A recorded 35% of women worldwide
have been victims of intimate partner
violence or non-partner sexual violence
 30% of women in a relationship have
been victims of physical or sexual
violence from their partner
 38% of global murders of women are
committed by their partner

4. Why Violence?
 Violence is a means of control and
power.
 When men are the abusers, they seek
power over women.
 In society (especially in the U.S.) men are
“supposed” to be dominant, women are
seen as submissive.
 The dominance and submissive roles are
usually implemented by the media.

5. “The Power and Control
Wheel”

6. “The Power and Control
Wheel”
 This wheel explains physical and emotion
abuse in detail.
 It demonstrates how all avenues of abuse
evolve from the need of the abuser to
gain power and control.

7. “Cycle of Violence”

8. “Cycle of Violence”
 The “cycle of violence” depicts the pattern
that occurs within an intimate relationship
that experiences abuse.
 “Set up, abuse, and guilt” physical and/or
emotional abuse occurs. “Guilt” blames the
victim for the abuses against them.
 “Excuses, normal behavior and fantasy” the
abuser pulls the victim back in by justifying
their actions and charming them.

9. Collateral Damage
 The direct victims of abuse are not the
only individuals affected.
 Children are major recipients of damages
related to intimate partner abuse.
 Children growing up in a household of
abuse may: develop PTS (post traumatic
stress disorder), believe abuse is normal,
become abused or the abuser later in life.

10. Prevention
Helping others…
DO
 Ask if something is wrong
 Express concern
 Listen and validate
 Offer help
 Support his or her decisions
DON’T
 Wait for him or her to come to you
 Judge or blame
 Pressure him or her
 Give advice
 Place conditions on your support
 Adapted from: NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
(Smith and Segal)

11. Prevention
 The most effective tactic in violence
prevention is awareness.
 Women need to know when abuse is
occurring and how to get help to stop it.
 There are many resources available to
women such as: support groups, self defense
classes, online resources for information and
help, prevention hotlines and more.
 If you or someone you know is or has been a
victim of violence, it’s never too late to take
action and seek help.

12. Reflections
 A quote that stuck out to me in our reading
came from page 698 under “The violence
was not your fault.”
 “It must have been her behavior, she must
have provoked him somehow, it must have
been what she was wearing, where she
was…”
 This quote deeply saddens me. I cannot
believe that some women blame themselves
for getting abused but more shockingly I
cannot believe that some try to justify the
abuse.

13. Discussion
 Did this week’s reading surprise you at all?
 Did you realize how common abuse
against women was?

14. Bibliography
 Smith and Segal, M. A. J.. N.p.. Web. 5 Apr 2014.
<http://www.helpguide.org/mental/domestic_violence_abuse_types_signs_causes_effects.htm>.
 . N.p.. Web. 6 Apr 2014. <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs239/en/>.
 Zeldes, Kiki , and Christine Cupaiuolo. Our Bodies, Ourselves. Simon & Schuster, print.