Regarding the blog post design, you must submit a 700 word post about the eighth blog post you picked in the blog design.
Blog Post 8: Why it is difficult to just leave abusive relationships
In this blog post, I have selected the movie Berlin Syndrome (2017) to explain the various forms of IPV including physical and psychological abuse. I chose this movie because it demonstrates why it is often difficult for most women to just leave abusive relationships. Regarding the blog post design, you must submit a 700 word post about the ninth blog post you picked in the blog design.
Blog Post 9: IPV and legal system challenges
In this blog post, I chose the movie Private Violence (2014) to explain the challenges within the legal system that makes it difficult to bring domestic abusers to justice and how these
challenges promote IPV.
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Intimate Partner Violence/ Domestic Violence
The topic I have selected is intimate partner violence (IPV), also known as domestic violence. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common problem not only in the US but also globally. According to WHO, IPV is defined as any behavior within an intimate relationship that leads to physical, psychological, or sexual harm to those in the relationship (WHO, 2012.). Naik (2016) defines domestic violence as destructive behavior in an intimate relationship in which one individual attempts to dominate and control the other in a dating or marital relationship/cohabitation, leading to physical, sexual, or psychological harm to those in the relationship (Naik, 2016). According to the US Department of Justice, domestic violence entails
a pattern of abusive behavior in a relationship, which is exploited by one partner to attain or wield power and control over another intimate partner (U.S. Department of Justice, 2020). IPV
can be sexual, physical, emotional, psychological, economic, or technological threats or actions or other forms of coercive behavior intended to influence another individual in an intimate
partner relationship. It involves any behaviors that coerce, manipulate, isolate, intimidate, threaten, harm, humiliate, frighten or wound someone (U.S. Department of Justice, 2020). I chose this topic because IPV is a problem of epidemic proportions with severe consequences for individual victims, their family members such as children, and their community. Furthermore, I chose IPV because it is a problem that happens in all settings and within every socioeconomic, ethnic, cultural, and religious group. However, the overwhelming national and global burden of domestic violence/IPV is borne by women, and thus, another IPV
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important reason for me to study this topic in-depth. It is reported that over 10 million people
experience IPV in the US annually (NCADV, n.d.). Also, 1 in 3 women has experienced some
type of physical violence by an intimate partner (NCADV, n.d.). These statics demonstrate the
severity of this problem and the need for further studies and interventions to mitigate the impacts
of IPV on individuals, families, and society.
IPV/domestic violence is a topic strongly related to gender, race, and sexuality. In terms
of gender, the overwhelming burden of IPV is borne by women. Whereas women can be abusive
to their intimate male partners, this is usually related to self-defense. However, the most common
perpetrators of violence against females are male intimate partners and sometimes, former
partners (WHO, 2012). The gender disparity in IPV illustrates how gender is a major factor in
domestic violence. According to data from NCADV, 1 in 4 women, compared to 1 in 9 men,
experience serious intimate partner physical violence, sexual violence, or stalking with
implications such as injury, fear, PTSD, or contraction of STDs and among other negative
effects. Also, 1 in 7 women compared to 1 in 25 men have been injured by an intimate partner.
Additionally, 1 in 10 women has experienced rape by an intimate partner. Thus, women suffer
more from IPV than men, demonstrating the gender and sexuality differences in IPV.
Similarly, race is another major factor in IPV. Racial differences in IPV have been widely
reported and often prevalent among racial minorities. Despite low reporting of IPV crimes, the
number of women of color affected by IPV remains disproportionately high. Nearly 4 in 10 nonHispanic Black women, American Indian, or Alaskan Native women, and 1 in 2 multi-racial
non-Hispanic women have suffered from physical violence, rape, or stalking by a partner
(Verywell Mind, 2021). Also, the majority of police-reported IPV happens among non-Hispanic
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black (46.2%) and Hispanic (37.7%) women, according to a study by Lipsky, Caetano & RoyByrne (2009).
Blog Posts
Blog Post 1: Impacts of IPV and forms of IPV
In this blog post, I will use a video to explain the impacts of IPV including physical abuse
such as injuries. Also, I will discuss actions that persons suffering from IPV can take to leave an
abusive relationship.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7uVpiTEI_o
Blog Post 2: How power and control of women relate to IPV
In this blog post, I will use a picture of the Power and Control wheel to illustrate various
related forms of power and control over women and their relationship to IPV.
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Blog Post 3: Effects of IPV on mental health
In this blog post, I will use a video to explain the effects of IPV on the mental health of a
victim. IPV has severe effects on ones mental health. However, this effect is often ignored and
thus, it is important to illustrate how IPV contributes to mental health problems.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6slFGL5QA
Blog Post 4: How technology contributes to IPV
In this blog post, I will use a video to demonstrate the role that technology plays in
promoting IPV. Digital abuse via social media or the internet in general including online
stalking, and revenge porn ad among others has become widespread, especially over the Covid19 period. It is important thus important to explore the relationship between technology and
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digital abuse or IPV. Also, technology can be used to overcome IPV such as reaching out to
shelters.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-UseegjAqk
Blog Post 5: How dating apps contribute to intimate partner violence against women
In this blog post, I will use a peer-reviewed article to explain how dating applications
such as Tinder have increased the amount of abuse experienced by women online. Dating apps
have been linked to increasing violence against women especially sexual harms such as sexual
harassment, unsolicited sexual imagery, and sexual assault.
Article:
Cama, E. (2021). Understanding Experiences of Sexual Harms Facilitated through Dating and
Hook Up Apps among Women and Girls. In The Emerald International Handbook of
Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse (pp. 333-350). Emerald Publishing Limited.
https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-848-520211025
Blog Post 6: Bystander intervention in IPV
In this blog post, I will use an article to explain how bystander intervention can be used to
mitigate intimate partner violence.
Article:
GOV.UK. (2020, December 10). Bystander interventions to prevent intimate partner and sexual
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violence: Summary. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/interventions-toprevent-intimate-partner-and-sexual-violence/bystander-interventions-to-preventintimate-partner-and-sexual-violence-summary
Blog Post 7: Racial differences in IPV
In this blog post, I will use a peer-reviewed article to explain racial differences in
intimate partner violence against women. I chose this article because it provides a survey on the
racial differences in the prevalence of IPV against women and the related factors.
Article:
Cho H. (2012). Racial differences in the prevalence of intimate partner violence against women
and associated factors. Journal of interpersonal violence, 27(2), 344363.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260511416469
Blog Post 8: Why it is difficult to just leave abusive relationships
In this blog post, I have selected the movie Berlin Syndrome (2017) to explain the various
forms of IPV including physical and psychological abuse. I chose this movie because it
demonstrates why it is often difficult for most women to just leave abusive relationships.
Blog Post 9: IPV and legal system challenges
In this blog post, I chose the movie Private Violence (2014) to explain the challenges
within the legal system that makes it difficult to bring domestic abusers to justice and how these
challenges promote IPV.
Blog Post 10: Male privilege, patriarchy, and masculinity as drivers of IPV
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In this blog post, I will use articles to illustrate how male privilege including patriarchy,
culture, and the negative masculine construct promotes male entitlement and violence against
women.
Articles:
Sikweyiya, Y., Addo-Lartey, A. A., Alangea, D. O., Dako-Gyeke, P., Chirwa, E. D., Coker
Appiah, D., … & Jewkes, R. (2020). Patriarchy and gender-inequitable attitudes as drivers
of intimate partner violence against women in the central region of Ghana. BMC public
health, 20(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08825-z
Mshweshwe, L. (2020). Understanding domestic violence: masculinity, culture, traditions.
Heliyon, 6(10), e05334. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05334
References
Lipsky, S., Caetano, R., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2009). Racial and ethnic disparities in police-reported
intimate partner violence and risk of hospitalization among women. Women’s health
issues: official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, 19(2), 109118.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2008.09.005
Naik, A. R. (2016, January). Domestic violence: its causes, consequences and preclusions
strategies. Ishrat Batool Naik* And.
NCADV. (n.d.). NCADV | National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The Nation’s Leading
Grassroots Voice on Domestic Violence. https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS
U.S. Department of Justice. (2020, October 23). Domestic violence.
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/domestic-violence
Verywell Mind. (2021, April 26). How women of color are impacted by domestic violence.
https://www.verywellmind.com/domestic-violence-varies-by-ethnicity-62648
World Health Organization & Pan American Health Organization. (2012). Understanding and
addressing violence against women: intimate partner violence. World Health
Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/77432
