Understanding Violence
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This document discusses violence and its effects. It defines violence as acts intended to hurt people, and lists different forms like physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, and economic abuse. It notes that violence can be perpetrated by individuals, groups, states, or the environment. The effects of violence are psychological/emotional like depression or fear, physical like injury, and social like distorted values. The document also discusses how violence is often intergenerationally transmitted as children who witness abuse learn that it is a normal way to resolve conflicts. It concludes that breaking this cycle requires practicing non-violent child discipline.
Understanding Violence
- 1. Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children Understanding Violence
- 2. Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children What is Violence? It is generally defined as an act committed with the deliberate or perceived intention of hurting another person An act or state whereby pain, fear or degradation is inflicted on a person by another Action/state of omission/commission Feelings: hurt, pained, low/down, afraid, shamed, terrified, anger.
- 3. Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children Different forms of abuse/violence: Physical Verbal Emotional/Psychological Sexual (incestuous, marital rape) Economic
- 4. Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children Perpetrators of violence/abuse Person to person Group to group Person to group Group to person State to person/group Person to environment
- 5. Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children Effects of Violence/Abus e Psychological/Emotional - shame - avoidance - depression - rage - fear/afraid - anxiety - low self esteem Economic - property/ies destroyed/damaged - loss of livelihood - work/s hampered - medical expenses Physical - injury - numbness - fatigue - functional impairment - permanent disability - loss of appetite - chronic pain syndrome Social - self concept /outlook - distorted values - the world is unkind - blaming self - attitude towards authority and work - dependent on decision-making - abusive behavior
- 6. Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children Cycle of Violence Woman’s condition during pregnancy Childhood experiences (all settings) Affects: child’s values, concepts, behavior Batterer (perpetrator) /battered (victim)
- 7. Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children Inter-generational transmission of patterns of violence Patterns of violence are perpetuated from one generation to the next through role modeling and social learning (cultural) – it is not and never be transmitted through gens. Children learn the distorted view that violence is a way to resolve conflict and a natural part of intimate relationships. Exposure to violence in early stage of childhood is “a significant factor in the development of violent behavior, and it is associated with other problems in childhood and in later life.” (World Report on Violence and Health 2002) Women who grew up in violent homes are 50% more likely to expect or accept violence in their own relationship.
- 8. Collective Action to Promote Non-Violent and Protective Society for Children End the cycle of violence. Practice non-violent approach in child discipline