The Problem Of Domestic Violence :: Violence Against Women Essays

A problem has become known and to many, they belief that its ab come forth timethat the general public has taken notice. This problem has been a taboo forcenturies and in the mid nineties it has chosen to let itself be known, theproblem that I am talking about is internal violence, it has undone families,and demoralized the victims for years and now because of the "trial of thecentury" we finally argon allowed to discuss it in detail, without fear ofreprisal, now we enamour to familiarize ourselves with it and at last after weget to know all about it we can, through treat custodyt, get rid of it. In thispaper, I will discuss problems with the so called epidemic of domestic violence.     This entire paper will be about domestic violence, and because of that Ifeel it is important to note that "in most families men and women do not compelin physically abusive doings" (The Brown U.), but because the media feels thatit is their public duty to dec eive us into accept that this problem is an"epidemic" (Domestic V.) we feel that, that is the case. Websters dictionarydefines epidemic as "a rapid spreading of a disease to many people at the sametime", this is not the case with domestic violence, one it didnt alone happen everywherenight, it has just been popularized overnight, domestic violence has beengoing on from as far back as anyone can remember and probably further than that,and two, this is not affecting many people at the same timem, because, as Ivestated before, "in most families men and women do not engage in physicallyabusive behavior". If you as the reader gets anything out of this paper, it isimportant to me as the writer, that you find that, while domestic violence is a major problem for some families, it is by no means an epidemic.     The major reason domestic violence has become so widespread over thelast couple of years is because of the O. J. Simpson trial, as one p erson adjust it"the O. J. Simpson case would do for domestic violence what Anita Hill did forsexual anguish" (Domestic V.). The trial of the century brought a muchneeded attention to a issue that for too long was pushed to the back burnerdomestic violence was a major issue in the case and it became evident, throughthe mass furtherance of the case, that women werent crying wolf all these years,because of "the murder of Nicole Brown ... the media would focus squarely on and