In Chapter 16, the book discusses reason as to why partner violence may happen and what increases the chances of it occurring. There are a couple leading theories.One of which is the patriarchy theory which is the idea that because there is a power imbalance between men and women, that would lead men to use violence to keep the "status quo". Another theory is Intergenerational transmission which states that if people see abuse as children that might them more likely to experience it or do it in the future. The third idea is Alcohol abuse. This ideas states that abuse of alcohol by a member of the relationship would amplify the abuse in the relationship. The final idea is the "personality dysfunction" idea. This idea states that certain personality disorders can lead to men getting angry or using abusive tactics on their partners.
Which idea do you think is the most prevalent in our society and why? And do you think that there is a way to fix this problem at the root of the cause?
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In today's society, alcohol abuse could be prevalent because people in college could abuse it more. When those people become older, they could abuse it more and hurt their kids and their partners. With hookup culture being so prevalent, I see this become more of an issue. To solve this issue, I feel like we should provide more help to the family and chances for the family to come out to provide the services for the partner abusing alcohol and support groups to those affected.
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I think the two most prevalent causes of domestic violence is power imbalances and alcohol. I think when the abuser feels they have lost power they use violence to try and reclaim it. This is most common in men because they are typically supposed to be holding all of this power. I think this will be a very hard problem to fix, because it has been passed through so many generations that men are supposed to be strong and dominate. Alcohol is a big contributor to this fact and abuse in general. When you are under the influence it is more common to become mad and lash out. It can also escalate these acts of abuse farther.
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I would say the two strongest theories are the alcohol abuse and the intergenerational transmission. Alcohol isn't viewed the same as it used to be and alcohol abuse on all stages and picked up tremendously and i feel that many people use it as a way out of their stressful day to day lives.
With that comes the intergenerational aspect because many children see their parent abuse alcohol and learn that it is a way to relive stress (even though its not). They grow up in a household where the abuse is common and think that it is how you're supposed to act.
With that comes the intergenerational aspect because many children see their parent abuse alcohol and learn that it is a way to relive stress (even though its not). They grow up in a household where the abuse is common and think that it is how you're supposed to act.
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I think the most prevalent idea in our society is alcohol abuse. The consumption of alcohol nowadays is so normalized among the vast majority of cultures that people forget it is a drug that has negative short and long term effects on the brain. More importantly, many victims of domestic violence report that alcohol has played some part in their abuse (source linked below). While alcohol and alcohol abuse don't directly lead to domestic abuse, alcohol consumption can trigger poor decision making that leads to the perpetuation of violence in a relationship. This can happen via verbal, emotional, or physical abuse and it can be from man to a woman or vice versa. Victims of abuse are also more likely to abuse alcohol themselves as a way to cope.
source: https://www.alcoholrehabguide.org/alcohol/crimes/domestic-abuse/
source: https://www.alcoholrehabguide.org/alcohol/crimes/domestic-abuse/
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Because of the power balance in the family, patriarchy happens a lot. The person who thinks he or she has much more authority than the others might try to have control of the family. In the case of men who got partner violence, the other partner has more power. Alcohol helps partner violence since it makes people more aggressive, and it enhances their emotions. I think that idea is based on the idea of patriarchy. To prevent partner violence or domestic violence, we have to change our minds that like which has more power or not. In the first place, if we did not have that mind, alcohol would not be the problem.
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