Violence in an intimate relationship is often referred to as domestic violence. It is not only wife/husband abuse but also includes sibling, elder, and child abuse. My essay will discuss spouse abuse and why there are such high rates of it in our society. Domestic violence has many names. Some include family violence, battering, wife beating, and domestic abuse. All these terms refer to the same thing, which is abuse by a marital, common …showed first 75 words of 1981 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1981 total…is just not strong enough. Our message that domestic violence is a crime is not strong enough either. What are these abusive people supposed to think when they are arrested, given a slap on the wrist and then released the next day. My research has opened my eyes and made me cognizant of what is going on and that I need to do my part not to allow or tolerate any sort of intimate violence.