Domestic Violence
Domestic violence can be described in various ways, but in this context, it will be referred to as an act when one is abused by a person whom they are or were intimately involved with them dating or being in a spousal relationship. Domestic violence does not encompass violence against women only; it also includes both genders in a relationship as well as relationships of gay and lesbian couples. It consists of a channel of coercive conducts of an adult that is competent or adolescent to build and keep up their power over another responsible adult or youth.