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Can Domestic Abuse Be Deterred?

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however, there is no single place that immune to the effects of spousal violence. Particularly vulnerable are those countries where women have no marital rights and are deemed as  nothing more than slaves to their homes and husbands. For example, women in the Philippines and Zimbabwe experience considerably increased incidence of domestic abuse than do women in the  United States. Protection for these women is virtually unavailable, because spousal abuse has always been an accepted way of life. A recent survey showed that the Philippines is well  known for its incidence of battered wives, with eighty thousand women between the ages of twenty and thirty-five routinely the victims of domestic violence. What is especially alarming is  that twelve percent of these women are pregnant at the time of the abuse. The percentage of women who experienced abuse at the hands of their spouses was more  than thirty percent, with only twenty-two percent of rape victims having the wherewithal to seek emotional and physical support. Indeed, "domestic violence toward women has increasingly become a social  concern" (Anonymous, 1995, pp. 96-97) for which a deterrent must be sought from a perspective of social hierarchy. In Zimbabwe, the man - who is looked upon as the ultimate  decision-maker - runs the family. There is no question as to the distinctive roles played by both the man and the woman, inasmuch as all control is rendered to  the husband. No other single person controls all aspects of the home like the male, including all women who are considered to be nothing more than property. Similar  to many other like-minded countries, Zimbabwe looks upon its women as possessions to be treated in often a violent manner, not as the living, breathing beings that they are (Anonymous,