Domestic Violence Within Intimate Relationships

Domestic Violence is also known as Spouse Abuse. It is a physically or emotionally harmful act between husbands and wives or between other individuals in intimate relationship. It includes violence that occurs in dating and courtship relationship between former spouse and between gay and lesbian partners. Abuse between intimate partners can take many forms. It include emotional or verbal abuse, denial of accuess to resources or money, restraint of normal activities or freedom ( including isolation …

…as the right to vote. as the status of women has improved, attitudes towards domestic violence have shifted and laws have been changed. The National Organization for Women and other women's rights organization in the ?United States have sponsored campaigns to raised public awareness of intimate violence. 30 years ago spouse abuse occurred behind closed doors and was largely considered a private matter, today it its widely recongnized as an important, dangerous, and harmful social problem.