What is physical violence
An act carried out with intention or perceived intention, of causing physical pain or injury to another person
What is infanticide
Killing infants was widely accepted among ancient cultures
What contributes to abuse of women
Subordinate status( less value, less rights, less equality)
What year was the 1st law against wife beating
1641
What is the rule of thumb
This was where the husband can correct the wife as long as the switch/weapon was no longer bigger than a thumb
What era was it when laws prohibit wife beating… and did it work
It was during the revolutionary era and it was not enforced tho, it still allowed correction of errant wives
What did women do during 1972 to help other women with abusive partners
They created and organize a safe house and shelter in the U.S
What is N.O.W
National organization of women. During 1975 women created task force to examine wife battery
During 2023 what was the percentage of women who got abuse and men who got abuse by an intimate partner
25% of women and 14% of men and highest rates among bisexual women
____ acts of domestic violence per year toward women 18+ with ____ toward men… what is the number?
5 million acts of domestic violence per year toward women and 3 million toward men
What percentage of women and men have experience rape, physical violence or stalking
36% of women and 29% of men
During what era was the beginning of new morality regarding children
During the renaissance era(1300-1600 AD)
During what era was it when child protective brought more attention and services
During the enlightenment era(1700s)
London foundling hospital opened and pediatric care advocated control of what?
Control of gin consumption because the pediatrician saw that the kids kept getting “injured” but they were abuse by abusive parents
Who is Mary Ellen Wilson?
She is the girl who started child welfare
Who is Henry Berge
He is the founder of society for prevention of cruelty to animals, intervened on Mary’s behalf
He fought the court to say that animals should be protected just to save Mary Ellen because she was seen as nothing so he assure the court that she was an “animal” to save her
What year was the New York society for prevention of cruelty to children
1874
The New York society was the 1st organization to do what?
Focus on child maltreatment
Who was Dr. C Henry Kempe
He and his colleagues made abuse discoveries using x rays of bone fractures
What is child abuse?
Any action or lack of action resulting in imminent risk of resulting in imminent risk of serious harm, death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation
Why is the definition of child abuse bad
It is because it should only be reported and taken seriously if the abuse is “serious”
What is the most serious and dangerous forms of child maltreatment
Child neglect
What abuse is the most consistently underreported
Sexual abuse
What is the most recent form or acknowledged by legal and clinical practices
Emotional abuse
