In addition to the housework, men are scared of the women’s independence and how the women are able to leave due to they have paid work and have money so they control the women, hoping that they will not leave due to they will be scared.
Mirrlees-Black (1999) conducted a surrey with findings of, 99% of all incidents against women are committed by mean and nearly one in four women has been assaulted by a partner at some time in her life. This confirms the research done in Scotland by Dobash and Dobash (1979) bases on police and court records and interviews with women in women’s refuges. They found that violent incidents could be set off by what a husband saw as a challenge to his authority such as his wife asking why he was late home for a meal. They argue that marriage legitimates violence against women by conferring power and authority on husbands and dependency on wives. This shows a pattern of that domestic violence is conflicted upon women mainly.
The views upon the domestic violence is the radical feminist such as Millett and Firestone (1970) who believe that all societies have been founded on patriarchy. They see the key division in society as that between men and women. Men are the enemy: they are oppressors and exploiter of women. These women explain that men are the people who will always cause the domestic violence against the women and they should be seen as the criminals in this act even though it may have not been there fault. Furthermore the radical feminists see the family and marriage as the key institution in patriarchal society and the main source of women’s oppression. Within the family, men dominate women’s oppression. Within the family, men dominate women through domestic violence or the threat of it.
Also the similar way as mentioned above upon how women do the a lot of household work causing the domestic violence between the male and the female, the female act a crime of domestic violence upon the male partner because he has not done his share in the house and he does not do anything. As Elliot (1996) disagrees with the radical feminist claim that all men benefit from violence against women. Not all men are aggressive and most are opposed to domestic violence. This shows that the radical feminist only that in account that incidents that have happen not the other factors such as the amount of couples who do not experience any domestic violence.
Furthermore radical feminist fail to explain female violence upon men, including child abuse by women and violence against male partners. Mirrless-black found that about one in seven men has been assaulted and one in 20 repeatedly.
Sociologists have identified patterns of domestic violence as well as male violence against women, via verse. According to research by Mirrlees-black, social groups at greater risk of domestic violence include children and young people, those in lowest social classes, those on low incomes or financial difficulties, those with high levels of alcohol consumption and users of illegal drugs. 39% of domestic violence is under the influence of alcohol.
Other religious groups will experience domestic violence against women, for example in ‘honour killing’. Honour killing is the murder of a woman accused of bringing shame upon her family. Killing in the name of honour is often considered to be a private matter for the affected family. More and more honour killing have been reach to the UK courts but have been unable to be resolved due to the family are in on the killing so evidence is hard to gain. Normally an honour killing is done by a male family member to a female relative due to refusal to enter an arranged marriage, seeking divorce, along with other things. Around 5000 women are killed due to honour killings. The killings are normally disguised as suicide, fir or an accident.
So from this we can see there are patterns in why domestic violence occurs and in which groups are at a higher risk at of domestic violence. Also the views of the sociologists and the statics provided which helps use see the reasons for domestic violence in society.
