Domestic Violence towards women is a problem in the United States that is usually over looked and almost always goes un-noticed by today's society. Violence is defined by the Webster's Dictionary as: 1. Physical force employed so as to damage or injure. 2. As an instance of violent action. If this is the case than why is it that so many women are beaten by loved ones each year and little or nothing is done to correct this violent and hostile situation? Why is domestic violence neglected by our society?
"The battered women is pictured by most people as a small, fragile, haggard person who might once have been pretty. She has several small children, no job skills, and is economically dependent on her husband. It is frequently assumed that
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