Violence against spouses

At Issue: Self-denial of violence against helpless spouses some of whom can’t exit of situations for fear of their lives.

Our View: Such self-denial can no longer be tolerated and must be reported immediately to assist battered women.

When a badly battered spouse is cornered by a drunken husband or one who’s a user of “ice” (methamphetamine hydrochloride) that triggers violence, is she at liberty to seek help or does she harbor such violent abuses for prolonged periods for fear of her own life?

The case is usually the latter where she must endure keeping such abuses in the four walls of her house. As badly beaten as she may be, the humiliation of reporting such abuses to appropriate authorities, often forces her to absorb what has happened in silence. Reporting such cases is made more prohibitive if she receives death threats from her husband of more beatings if she turns to the law. As such, many women take the undeserved blows for fear of their lives. Such must come to an end.

We can help these women by reporting to authorities violent abuses in your neighborhood. Receiving authorities must also make it a point to keep the names of reporting neighbors anonymous. The faster help arrives, the better the chances of that battered spouse exit beatings that often borders on heavy injuries, if not, fatal blows that subsequently take their toll on the spouse’s health condition. She doesn’t deserve the abusive violence nor is it right to subject her siblings to an environment of constant fear.

Children who grow up in such fearful and
violent environment subconsciously absorb what they have seen and experience. The danger is in the future employment of the same violence against their own spouse and children. Lest we forget, the home front is supposed to be overflowing with love and care for one another’s welfare and well-being. It is the most important foundational beginning in the life of young ones especially during their formative years of children and young adults.

The exercise of self-denial must come to an end. You can help save another battered spouse by quietly reporting them to appropriate authorities forthwith. She deserves her peace of mind and the children she’s struggling to help foster stable foundations as they face challenges on their own within and without the home front. Si Yuus Maase`!