Domestic Violence: An Ill Wind That Blows no Good. (Assessing Domestic Violence on the Psychology of the Female Gender)

This article studies domestic violence, and how it affects the lives of women in general and psychologically. Majority or greater percentage of women all over world are victims of domestic violence and abuse. According to the Oxford languages dictionary, Violence is defined as a behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage or kill someone or something. The world health organization also defined violence as ‘the intentional use of physical force, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or derivation. Women, from research conducted, are the main victims of domestic violence. Violence against women occurs mostly within the family circle and this leaves the woman handicapped to sometimes speak up and seek for justice and redress. It is worthy of note that domestic violence against the women is widely recognized now as a serious human right abuse, and an important public health problem with substantial consequences physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health. The purpose of this article therefore, is to assess and examine the extent of domestic violence against women and its attendant psychological effects.