Indian Experts Call for Greater Initiatives to End Abusive Relationships
March 16th, 2010
Domestic violence and other forms of abuse and distress within romantic relationships affect people from all walks of life, yet such issues have received an increasingly large spotlight as some celebrity relationships are revealed to reflect common concerns. Recently, an editorial published in India has focused on the tendency of many women to stay in abusive relationships, and mental health experts in the region have counseled that concerns over personal welfare and basic needs along with potential self-esteem issues often lead to unfortunate relationship outcomes. Calling for more attention to the prevention and solution of prolonged abusive relationships, the professionals may find that heavy news coverage can help to prompt more effective community discussion.
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It is true that many individuals, espicially women, continue to be in an abusive or otherwise unpleasant relationship for reason such as social stigma or for kids… this needs to change and it can happen by effective policy making and a shift in general perception by the society.This cannot happen overnight but there needs to be a start.
nothing is worth being in an abusive relationship – and this is something each one of us needs to understand…if you rae bothered about the kids and their future because of a separation,then think of this-if you do continue to be in the abusive relationship, it is anyway going to spoil your kids’ future…so at least separation may not spoil it as much…so seek help!
No matter where abused women live they stay in these sorts of relationships because they do not have the self worth to realize that there is somewhere else to go. Many of them have been put down and trod upon their whole lives and they feel like they are not worthy to be treated any other way other than how the abuser is treating them. They probably witnessed their own mothers go through the same thing so this pattern of abuse that they find themselves in becomes an endless cycle. There has to be a point to break the chain but often the question is how, and who will be the one to break it. Many in this situation do not think that they are strong enough to do that. We have to get better at showing them that they are strong enough to get out and make it on their own, and that the abuser’s actions will catch up to him and he will have to answer for what he has done.
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