Essays: Domestic violence 20 Articles

by Dl Bach

A Nightmare In My Space A few weeks ago, I had an experience that changed my whole outlook on being alone. My space was invaded! It was early in the evening, around 7:15 PM; I was resting in my room watching te...read more

by Ximena Ramirez

Til Death Do Us Part For many girls, the notion of marriage and motherhood is instilled from a very young age. Little girls dream of their wedding day in great detail picturing and planning what they will wear, where t...read more

by Kenzy England

What did I do that was so bad that I deserved to be beaten? I was a good wife and a good mother. These I knew for sure. Something was setting him off, but for the life of me I didn't know what. To this day, my mind wants t...read more

by Nellie Shani

Violence that is perpetrated within the walls of the home is the most devastating kind of violence that one can imagine. The word "home" should conjure up feelings of security and safety. When that supposed "haven of peac...read more

by Pamel Johnson-Welsh

THE LONG ROAD I TRAVELED TO FREEDOM At seventeen, I married a man eight years older, who seemed to care for me. A month after we married I became pregnant. Three months later the verbal abuse began. I had no knowledge w...read more

by Lisa Hunt Warren

It lurks behind the worn doors of third-floor apartments in disadvantaged neighborhoods, behind the polished front doors of neatly maintained homes in the suburbs, behind the rustic wood of country homes and in the luxury ...read more

by L. Beall

No one is immune to domestic violence. The ones committing the violence tell the victim that they won't do it again if they will just forgive them. Few victims ever actually find the courage to leave. Some victims leave wh...read more

by Liane Laskoske

When people hear the words "domestic violence", they picture a beaten wife, an abusive husband, cowering children. Though this is the most common form of domestic violence, there are other forms. CHANGING ROLES Ther...read more

by Crystal Shortell

It seems all my life I picked the wrong men. Men that physically or mentally abused me. It started for me at a young age, my first encounter was when I was 15 years old. I was going out with a childhood friend, someone I ...read more

by Tanaya Farr

Domestic violence is so prevalent throughout America today that is seems to unreal that it could be so. Many suffer from the hands of an abuser and can see no way out or no getting better. Coming from a domestically violen...read more

by Janay Walker

A ravenous stomach was the genesis of an abusive relationship. Sitting across the dinner table trying to figure out how to impress the other, we savored our self images with exaggerations. The truth was darkened by a twelv...read more

by Corina B

Across the room a little girl soars, not because she is having fun, but because a man thinks she has not moved fast enough. Screaming from another room, the mother comes running in. Instantly the anger shifts, he doesn't...read more

by Levi Bradley

Some people might say I'm not qualified to write authoritatively on domestic violence. I was never abused in any way as a child, and I've never abused any of my children or my wife of 25 years. But I have seen how domest...read more

by Lady Cynthia

It hurts. So much pain coming from the one that you love and you don't know how to deal with it.You want to leave, just run away and hide, but where would you go? What would you do? It's like walking on eggshells waiting f...read more

by Judy Neer

domestic violence is their but how can you tell if someone is being abused. their are so many different way of domestic violence. their is where you see bruises. but their is other way of domestic violence. when someone i...read more

by Gabriel Fin

You talk about not calling the cops, but something is gonna go down. I won't make the first move, but don't confuse my patience for weakness. As soon as you make the first step toward me you're gonna go down, I swear it. I...read more

by Christina Settje

The word domestic violence makes me cringe every time I hear the words. They are demeaning acts that people do to others. There is no particular man, or woman that is abused. It can happen to the poorest, or the richest...read more

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by Martin Okere

Domestic violence as the name implies is that violent act of man against fellow man specifically on the home front.The act comes both in different categories and degrees.In some instances, i could be a husband turning his ...read more

by Ashley Perez

Carley screamed at her husband as he slapped her once more across the face, "BABY! please..." but he didn't stop there. In today's world, domestic violence is extremely evident. Every day in the news we see segmen...read more

by Ann Moody

It was a beautiful summer day when I walked into my dentist's office. I wouldn't exactly say I looked forward to going to the dentist, but the staff there was so kind and friendly I almost enjoyed it. The receptionist wa...read more