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Sociological Imagination: Perspective on Domestic Violence Chamberlain University College of Nursing SOCS 185 Introduction Dome stic violence involves abuse or violence by someone against another person in a familial or intimate relationship such as a spouse or a family member. Domestic violence is...

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Sociological Imagination: Perspective on Domestic Violence
Chamberlain University College of Nursing
SOCS 185




Introduction
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Domestic violence involves abuse or violence by someone against another person in a

familial or intimate relationship such as a spouse or a family member. Domestic violence is not

discriminatory and can occur in any race, social class, age group, and gender. According to the

National Domestic Violence Statistics, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience severe

physical abuse by an intimate partner. In the United States, 1 in 10 women is raped by an

intimate partner in their lifetime (SafeHorizon, 2020). From a sociological perspective, domestic

violence is a worldwide issue characterized by a recent history of rapid social change in

institutional policy and practice. There is a lot of controversy about the nature of domestic

violence, with suggestions that women and men are equally likely to perpetrate serious violence

against their partners. Research has shown that women find it more difficult to leave violent

relationships due to threats of future violence, lack of social and financial support, and

inadequate responses to resources to receive assistance. The sociological explanation of domestic

violence stresses the importance of patriarchal ideals and practices, emphasizing masculine

power, and the need for control. The alternative explanation also emphasizes social traits that

have effects on violence on both men and women (ScienceDirect, 2020). This assignment will

examine how and why sociological imagination helps to understand domestic violence.



Social Imagination
Social imagination is the ability to see the relationship between individual experience and

the larger society (Mills, 1959b). Social imagination is the sociological reasoning of the ability to

see the relationship between society and individuals' experience. This type of awareness enables




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