And that usually never happens. A girl will continue to stick to her husband even if he is hitting her. Domestic abuse happens enough in our society, but women WONT LEAVE.
Especially if she doesn't have a job, forget it. She is dependent on him for income and is too scared to be on the streets.
First off, I can gage prettty well if someone is a nutjob. Then, if he has any signs of a emotional outbursts, etc - that's it, I'm no longer talking to him.
So hopefully, if I've done my HW, I'll know who is more likely to be a wife beater.
Even in the event I get pretty duped and I end up with a nutjob who does beat me - the FIRST TIME, I am hit, I am leaving. PERIOD.
We are not living in a village anymore. Time for people to get more civilized, and they'll do it only when they have lawyers set on them like dogs.
A man who raises a hand to a woman is not a man. He's a pathetic excuse for a human being who needs to subjugate a weaker person to make his own self feel bigger. I'd toss him out on his arse. This goes not only for physical abuse but also emotional and verbal abuse. Take it else-where.
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Spot on PCG.
The reason in Pakistan for domestic abuse (after scummy men) is women who DON'T stand up for THEMSELVES. Its all that 'shohar ki izat karni chaahiye even if he beats me to a pulp' cr*p.
Men see that as a weakness and continue exploiting women.
**This question came in my mind when I was watching a typical indian drama where the wife is beaten by her husband and she STILL saty with him.
If that happens with me (Allah Forbid) and I ""have to"" stay with him then I'll try to humiliate him in front of everyone. Do things that will make him "pity". Uska jina azaab kar dena... Don't talk with him, even if he apologize. It's about our self-respect. I'll NEVER excuse him.
well..i think it would depend on the situation..i dont thinnk the average husband would slap the wife unless she did or said something that was out of line..but its still not nice thing to do but im not sure..depends on what happened exactly..
if i was really rude or something and he slapped me i think i d stop talking to him/avoid him for a couple of days..
*Our neighbor was slapped by her hubby and when he went on his work, she took his clothes cut them and throw it away. She changed the door lock and called the police. He could NEVER meet her and he still can't even approache her. And I really liked the way she did. I was amazed to see that.
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Once someone starts abusing you, they chip away at your self esteem (provided you had any to begin with) til you get to the point that u cant or won't leave because you feel you deserve the beatings/putdowns etc. Thats why its not that easy to say once something like this happens, u will do this.
Then there are those situations that dont' get physical but a certain situation escalated to that point.
Also, there are some women feel that no matter what...they don't want to hurt or humiliate their spouse, even if he's done the same to her. Revenge won't cross their minds, even fi they do get out of the relationship.
I agree, a rare/once in life time physical abuse is not as bad as life time torture. You have to look at the intention/reason behind that abuse. What if wife came home drunk, or he found out that she was kissing someone in the party. Is that slap justified now? On the other hand, maybe he was under lots of pressure and in his very weak moment, raised his hand on his wife. A shameful act, I agree, but a mistake that even he is ashamed of. I will find it a follish act on girl's part if she decided to leave her hubby based on one incident.