Domestic Violence

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Domestic violence is a problem that society has been dealing with for a number of years. The only difference today seems to be the number of people coming forward to report it. One thing that still seems to be a constant is the number of women that are the recipients of the violence even though there is a percentage of men that are also victims of domestic violence. This paper reviews five journal articles dealing with domestic violence with the one common thread being the number of women that are reporting the violence.

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"Physical and sexual violence can also have an impact on fertility. Many international studies have found that women who suffer physical or sexual abuse from an intimate partner are more likely than non-abused women to have many children. Although high parity often has been assumed to be a risk factor for abuse, research among Nicaraguan women found that violence frequently begins early in a relationship, often preceding a woman's first pregnancy. High parity, therefore, is more likely a consequence of violence, resulting from women's diminished ability to control the timing of sex and contraceptive use. Qualitative research has shown that in many parts of the world, the marriage vows are interpreted as granting a man the right to unconditional sexual access to his wife. "

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