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PERSUASIVE
SPEECH: STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TODAY!
“I
got flowers today. It wasn't my birthday or any other special day…” Does this sound
familiar? It’s a poem dedicated to help hurt and abused women. This poem talks
about a woman who was being abused by her lover and eventually died in the
process. For every 15 seconds there is a woman beaten in the United States. For
every hour, as many as 115 children are abused. We cannot tolerate this, as I
speak in front of you today, I will give you the reasons why we shouldn't tolerate domestic violence and advocate for a peaceful and safe environment to
live in.
Violence
can affect a peaceful home. It affect’s a healthy homes relationship, state of
mind and well-being, in other words its normal function. How many of you had seen
heard of or even experience abuse or violence? How many of you have seen a
woman battered? How many years do we have to wait until violence is fully
removed from our society? How many miserable lives do you want to see because
of this? How many crying children must experience violence at a young age? How
many innocent lives would suffer because of something unnecessary? How would
you feel if you were to wake up in the middle of the night finding your parents
fighting right in front of your very eyes? As I said earlier violence could
threat and affect a peaceful home, it nurtures fear and hatred. It stops normal
functions and affect the future of the society. Because of violence, children
are forced to endure and cope with mental, physical and emotional trauma
leading to a display of aggressive nature and drive them with fear. According
to turningpointservices.org, a site filled with lots of statistics and facts
about Domestic Violence, 90% of children from violent homes witness their
fathers beating their mothers, in that same category, 63% of all boys age 11-20
commit murder and kill the man who
abuses their mother. In the same site, abused children or children living in
violent homes are arrested four times more often than non-abused or less
violent homes. Child victims of severe violence
have two to four times higher rates of trouble-making friends, temper tantrums,
failing grades in school, having problems in school and at home.
Besides children, majority of the
time women are battered or beaten. In gracejesus.com, the site dedicated to
help prevent domestic abuse especially in women, it states that 4 million women
seek medical attention each year and out of 4 million, only 4,000 women die
each year and that just only in the US, how about around the world. Why do
women tolerate partners who batter them? Why do they let them terrorize them? It
is simple, some battered women stay because their partners, usually possessive,
hold them captive in their homes, some battered women stay because of their
children, and they cannot tolerate having to see their children suffer without
a complete family. Some battered women stay because they still love their partners.
Some battered women stay because they are being threatened, they are
discouraged that no one would believe them, and because they do not have the
money to press charges. Justice is blind, for years women had been discriminated
for their rights. Approximately 3.3 million children had witnessed their
mothers beaten by their father. We cannot tolerate this. Women are our proud bearers
of our future nation, they had been there to protect us since we are young, and
without them, there is no one to help around the house, feed their young and
prepare a warm dinner for their husbands.
In conclusion, domestic violence affect
a peaceful home, it affects the child and future society’s well-being, it is
unfair to women who had been there to protect their young and serve their
hardworking husbands. We did not do anything wrong, so why must we experience
this? I encourage the advocacy to prevent domestic violence. Please stop
domestic violence!
well how was it? Feel free to comment, and I hope this inspired you to advocate for a safer and peaceful surrounding.
