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Socio-cultural Determinant Of Domestic Violence
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CHAPTER ONE
INTROUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Domestic
violence is a patter of behavior which involve the abuse of one partner
against another, this can occur in intimate relationship, marriage
friendship and family affairs, it can take forms of effect on one
another, physical violence involves physical afflicting pains and
actions. e.g. hitting, slapping, beating, sexual harassment while
psychological can be in form of denial of right, abusing, frustration
(Journal of the American Medical Association, 1995).
Domestic
violence" varies, depending on the context in which it is used. It ma}
be defined differently in medical, legal, political or social contexts.
The definitions have varied over time, and vary in different parts of
the world. Traditionally, domestic violence was mostly associated with
physical violence. For instance, according to the (Merriam-Webster
dictionary definition, 2005) domestic violence is "the inflicting of
physical injury by one family or household member on another; also: a
repeated habitual pattern 'of such behavior.
However, domestic
violence today as defined by international conventions arid by
governments, has a much broader definition, including economic' abuse.
Domestic violence" means any' act of violence, even if upon another
household member and includes harm to the other. (Journal of the
American Medical Association, 1992).
It is also a pattern of behavior
characterized by the misuse of power and control by one person over
another who are or have been in an intimate relationship. It can occur
in mixed gender relationships and same gender relationships and has
profound consequences for the lives of children, individuals, families
and communities. It may be physical sexual, emotional and/or
psychological. The latter may include intimidation, harassment, and
damage to property, threats and financial abuse. (The Act XX on Domestic
Violence 2006, in Malta)
Furthermore is also a pattern of abusive
behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or
maintain power and control over another intimate partner". The
definition adds that domestic violence "can happen to anyone regardless
of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender", and can take
many 'forms, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional,
economic, and psychological abuse. (The US Office on Violence against
Women)
Domestic violence can be trance back to 1800s, at this period
most legal systems accepted wife beating as a valid exercise of a
husband's authority over his wife. One exception, however, was the 1641
Body of Liberties of the Massachusetts Bay colonists, which declared
that a married woman should be "free from correction or stripes by her
husband.
Political agitation during the nineteenth century led to
changes in both popular opinion and legislation regarding domestic
violence within the United Kingdom and the United States. In 1850,
Tennessee became the first state in the United States to explicitly
outlaw wife beating. Other states soon followed suit. In 1878, the
Matrimonial Causes Act made it possible for women in the UK to seek
separations from abusive husbands. By the end of the 1870s, most courts
in the United States were uniformly opposed to the right of husbands to
physically discipline their wives. By the early twentieth century, it
was common for police to intervene in cases of domestic violence in the
United States, but arrests remained rare.
The interest of this study
is to examine the consequence of domestic violence is Lagos and using
Agege local government as a case study, domestic violence as occurred
mostly in areas of gender inequality and child abuse in this area of the
state, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has
promised that the house will toughen the law against domestic violence
and gender discrimination in Nigeria. The Speaker believes that the law
would help bridge all gender gaps encouraging discrimination and promote
gender equality as recognized by the Constitution. He announced this
move at the third national women in parliament summit in Abuja. Female
lawmakers at the summit frowned at the low representation of women in
the National Assembly which placed Nigeria at the 117th position among
democratic nations with less than 6.8percent of women in the nation's
Parliament. (Channels Television July 01, 2013).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research was based on domestic violence in Agege local government, Lagos state Nigeria. The people of Agege local government constitute the study population. The main objectives of this study were to examine how domestic violence influences the people living in this area. The data used for the study was collected through her interview schedule in which 200 respondent were selected through systematic random sampling.From the study, it was observed that the majority respondent agreed that wom ... Continue reading---
