Why Doesn't She Just Leave?
Please respond to the following questions and/or comments:
What factors may keep a person in a relationship that so clearly (to outsiders) is abusive and troubled?
Some ideas you may want to consider are economic, psychological, cultural, and gender issues. Be sure that you respond both to the initial question as well as to one another's responses. As always, your three responses should be well thought-out and "professional" in content and tone.
Some students suggested the following in their response journals:
What factors may keep a person in a relationship that so clearly (to outsiders) is abusive and troubled?
Some ideas you may want to consider are economic, psychological, cultural, and gender issues. Be sure that you respond both to the initial question as well as to one another's responses. As always, your three responses should be well thought-out and "professional" in content and tone.
Some students suggested the following in their response journals:
After two people form a strong bond between themselves, a woman would do anything possible to maintain the relationship.-- Sherry
Something has to be wrong with her for her not to realize what is happening is wrong. The husband saying that all the physical abuse is out of love and the wife believing that is difficult to believe itself.-- Richard
posted by A. Zeitz at 11:38 AM
1 Comments:
I am glad to see that everyone that we have explored both a common attitude toward abusive relationships (“leave the guy”) and the difficulties that can arise from getting out of that type of relationship (people need additional support to leave). Although some relationships start as abusive, many, as Joe describes in “Why Doesn’t She Just Leave”, evolve over time. Many relationships do not start as abusive or few people would be enticed into the relationship to begin with. Much abuse is built on established love, or as many of you noted, trust and the feeling that that the abuser will change or is correct in abusing.
As Illyana noted in her responses, many relationships play into our identities and our sense of self. Women are often viewed as wives and mothers and are very often expected to sacrifice much of themselves in those roles. Additionally, cultural expectations wherein women may not be well regarded as a divorcee or unmarried woman, financial need of families, and fear of violence can contribute to reasons for staying in an abusive relationship.
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