In the 21st century we now live in, many people still believe that domestic abuse is a “family matter.” But what society doesn’t get is that the so-called “family matter” affects the world around us.
As we all know, violence is learned behavior. A child witnesses abuse in their home and then turns around and becomes violent in the outside world. For some, the child will grow up and eventually abuse their significant others.
Last week, in South Carolina, cockfighting and domestic violence were being debated as whether or not to make them a felony. The cockfighting bill was passed as a felony while the domestic violence bill was killed.
Charleston Representative, John Graham Altman, a local legislator of South Carolina commented, "There ought not to be a second offense. The woman ought to not be around the man. I mean you women want it one way and not another. Women want to punish the men, and I do not understand why women continue to go back around men who abuse them."
Domestic Violence is a misdemeanor in South Carolina while chicken fighting is a felony. In a local newspaper it stated that if a couple were walking down the aisle to exchange vows and the man punched the woman in the face and knocked her down it would be assault and battery, but if the couple were walking up the aisle after exchanging vows and the man punched the woman in the face and knocked her down it would be a misdemeanor.
It sounds like in South Carolina, it is cool to hit a woman as long as she is your wife!
It is frustrating to read or listen to remarks and ignorant comments. Congress and other politicians turn the other cheek when abuse is an issue, but Congress had no problem stepping in the Terry Shiavo’s case in which this was in fact a “family matter.” So, if domestic violence is a “family matter” and the Terry Shiavo case is a “family matter” then tell me Congress, what is the problem?
Why not step in when a man beats a woman to a pulp and eventually kills her?
As we all know, violence is learned behavior. A child witnesses abuse in their home and then turns around and becomes violent in the outside world. For some, the child will grow up and eventually abuse their significant others.
Last week, in South Carolina, cockfighting and domestic violence were being debated as whether or not to make them a felony. The cockfighting bill was passed as a felony while the domestic violence bill was killed.
Charleston Representative, John Graham Altman, a local legislator of South Carolina commented, "There ought not to be a second offense. The woman ought to not be around the man. I mean you women want it one way and not another. Women want to punish the men, and I do not understand why women continue to go back around men who abuse them."
Domestic Violence is a misdemeanor in South Carolina while chicken fighting is a felony. In a local newspaper it stated that if a couple were walking down the aisle to exchange vows and the man punched the woman in the face and knocked her down it would be assault and battery, but if the couple were walking up the aisle after exchanging vows and the man punched the woman in the face and knocked her down it would be a misdemeanor.
It sounds like in South Carolina, it is cool to hit a woman as long as she is your wife!
It is frustrating to read or listen to remarks and ignorant comments. Congress and other politicians turn the other cheek when abuse is an issue, but Congress had no problem stepping in the Terry Shiavo’s case in which this was in fact a “family matter.” So, if domestic violence is a “family matter” and the Terry Shiavo case is a “family matter” then tell me Congress, what is the problem?
Why not step in when a man beats a woman to a pulp and eventually kills her?
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