The Rediscovery of domestic violence

Part One: The Rediscovery Process, Intimate Partner Violence Today, Why Women Don't Leave
A. Discuss and explain the Rediscovery of domestic violence (“wife beating”) and scope of the problem in the past as well as today. Specifically explain the term Intimate Partner Violence (how and why this term came about).
B. Discuss and explain the victim-blaming versus victim-defending view with regard to this issue.
Include the cycle of violence (3 phases) and the accompanying “learned helplessness”/Battered Women’s Syndrome that occurs in these domestic violence situation.
C. Explain the warning signs and discuss the reasons women don’t leave
Specifically address the following video shown in class: Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why domestic violence victims don't leave.
Why domestic violence victims don't leave | Leslie Morgan SteinerLinks to an external site.
Why domestic violence victims don't leave | Leslie Morgan Steiner