"The Peoples Poitn of View"

“The Peoples Point of View”

Throughout this blog we have been uncovering the truths about domestic violence, now we are going to talk about the common myths and what people believe about domestic violence. I am going to try and put myself in their shoes and talk from their point of view. A lot of people believe that domestic violence is unusual and hardly exists anymore, before it actually happened to me, I did not know what domestic violence was or how important it was so I can relate to these people. If you aren’t in some form involved in domestic violence, a victim, family member, friend or even the batterer. Then how can you know how much of a problem it is in our society today. When people don’t come forward and stand up for themselves then how can we know and help bring awareness. The reason domestic violence is such a quiet epidemic is because we don’t see it or hear about it very often. People also believe that only women are victims of domestic violence, until I started really researching domestic violence I believed this, it is very rare to hear about a male victim you don’t really hear about them coming forward until they have been severely injured. One of the reasons men don’t come forward is because there aren’t many resources for male victims of domestic violence as for women there is everything shelters, websites, attorneys and they are easy to find. For men there are fewer resources because we don’t believe that men are victims we don’t hear about it or see it so how can we create these resources when we are unaware.

 

 

 I believe we can bring down the rate of domestic violence or at least bring up the rate of people standing up and saying enough is enough if we work together. On the victims end they need to start standing up for themselves and what they believe in, and we need to start creating a safe environment for them so they won’t be so scared to come forward and stand up for themselves. Also people who have already come forward or have been involved in some form can help with bringing awareness to the people who don’t know about it.