Essays on Intimate Relationships

In the 1970s, domestic violence came into view when feminist groups revealed the complicity in women to be compliant, even with men lifting their hand against them. Women who were maltreated were given refuge under the women’s movement, while health and social workers were being trained on how to handle women who were maltreated. By the 1980s, international organizations had declarations defining violence against women and children as “an unacceptable violation of human rights [and] a source of tragic consequences” (Romito, 2008, p.1). This, however, may have proven to be fragile, especially in certain parts of Europe wherein ...

Insecure Attachment and Identity Formation Issues

Abstract This paper will seek to examine the effect of forming insecure attachment in leading to unsuccessful identity achievement in human beings. This question is answered by examining the attachment theory and relating it to identity formation. It will also examine how these two issues affect healthy development in each stage of the life span based on Erickson’s psychosocial developmental stages. According to the attachment theory, attachment mainly determines different aspects of human relationships and interaction. This in turn, leads to social and emotional development issues in individuals during different life stages. Some of the problems identified included ...

Today, the internet is a prime avenue among the youths as well as adults for social interactions. Through internet tools and applications such as chat rooms, email, newsgroups, instant messaging as well as other means, individuals share all sorts of information such as their interests with others, aspects pertaining to their daily lives and keep in touch with their friends and family members. In essence, today, the primary use of mobile phones and personal computers is social interaction. In the process, online social interaction has also brought about people seeking to form relationships with others whom they have met ...

Has the role of women been stereotyped throughout History, or has this role changed? What does it mean being a “woman” or a “girl”? Does gender affect your role in society? Does it affect you personally? All these questions demand an analysis in order to understand the mission of being a woman, not opposed to men, but as a different role in the same game. After all, everyone has their own participation in everything, and with these roles associated with gender, the impact is likely to be different. With that being said, the question “Does gender limit your ...

Divorce has a negative effect on children despite the parents’ best efforts of the parents to protect the emotional and social development of children during and after a divorce. The commonness of divorce in the society is a cause for concern in many educators and other members of the wider society. Children are often the ones who suffer most in divorces as they begin to feel as though their parents have forced them to make a choice that they should not have to make. The loss of the parent in the household can lead to educational challenges and social ...

Men’s violence in an intimate relationship from a feminist perspective

Domestic violence and violence in an intimate relationship is an age-long phenomenon. This paper argues that men’s violence in an intimate relation from a feminist perspective mainly because of social norms of male superiority and feminine learned weakness as well as alcohol abuse in most homes. According to feminist views, men will inflict violence when women show weakness and are unwilling to report their case to the law or seek help from getting abused in an intimate relationship. Men have been indulged in domestic violence making their wives subjects of abuse and out of shame or humiliation, women ...

Introduction

“Neo” generally means the new ways of doing things. Neoliberalism will therefore refer to new strategies which are used to improve the economic, political or social status. This paper examines how different women from different races are used to bring about an image perceived by the implementers to be positive and in line with improving the social and economic status of the society. The paper portrays an image of poor women from developing countries, how they are used as a tool in achieving neoliberalism and how most of them become passive victims of the circumstances. The paper also focuses ...