This document discusses different types of violence including physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, spiritual, and cultural violence. It also discusses the causes of violence such as early learning experiences, ignorance of developmental timetables, economic stress, lack of social support, substance abuse, and mental disorders. The effects of violence include lack of trust, feelings of worthlessness, trouble regulating emotions, and difficulties in school. Laws and agencies that address domestic violence are also outlined, including protection orders, the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, and where to report incidents of violence.

1. VIOLENCE IN THE HOMES
Ayoma, Karla Caressa
Bajana, Sheema
Barber, Angela Grace
Flores, Cil Antonette
Muñoz, Regina

5. Violence
• Behavior involving physical force intended to
hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
• Strength of emotion or an unpleasant or
destructive natural force.
Domestic Violence
the inflicting of physical injury by one family or
household member on another; also : a
repeated or habitual pattern of such behavior

6. Types of Violence
• Physical Violence
- occurs when someone uses a part of their body or an
object to control your actions.
Examples : pinching, hair-
pulling, slapping, punching, arm twisting
• Sexual Violence
- occurs when someone forces you to take part in
sexual activity when you do not want to.
Examples: touching you in a sexual manner against
your will (kissing, grabbing, fondling), forced sexual
intercourse, forcing you to perform sexual acts you
find degrading or painful

7. • Emotional Violence
– occurs when someone says or does something to
make you feel stupid or worthless.
Examples: name calling, constant
criticism, blaming all relationship problems on
you, humiliating or belittling you in front of
others
• Psychological Violence
– occurs when someone uses threats and causes fear
in you to gain control
Examples: threatening to harm you, your
children or your family if you leave, threatening
to harm themselves, threats of violence, threats
of abandonment

8. • Spiritual Violence
– occurs when someone uses your religious or spiritual
beliefs to manipulate, dominate, or control you.
Examples: trying to prevent you from practicing
your religious or spiritual beliefs, taking fun of
your religious or spiritual beliefs
• Cultural Violence
– occurs when you are harmed as a result of practices
condoned by your culture, religion or tradition.
Examples: female circumcision, rape-marriage, sexual
slavery.

9. Causes of violence
• Early learning experiences:
This factor is sometimes described as the "life
cycle" of abuse. Many abusive parents were
themselves abused as children and have learned
to see hurtful behavior as normal childrearing. At
the other end of the life cycle, some adults who
abuse their elderly parent are paying back the
parent for abusing them in their early years.
• Ignorance of developmental timetables:
Some parents have unrealistic expectations of
children in terms of the appropriate age for toilet
training, feeding themselves, and similar
milestones, and attack their children for not
meeting these expectations.

10. • Economic stress:
Many caregivers cannot afford part-time day care
for children or dependent elderly parents, which
would relieve some of their emotional strain. Even
middle-class families can be financially stressed if
they find themselves responsible for the costs of
caring for elderly parents before their own children
are financially independent.
• Lack of social support or social resources:
Caregivers who have the support of an extended
family, religious group, or close friends and
neighbors are less likely to lose their self-control
under stress.

11. • Substance abuse:
Alcohol and mood-altering drugs do not cause
abuse directly, but they weaken or remove a
person's inhibitions against violence toward
others. In addition, the cost of a drug habit often
gives a substance addict another reason for
resenting the needs of the dependent person. A
majority of workplace bullies are substance
addicts.
• Mental disorders:
Depression, personality disorders , dissociative
disorders, and anxiety disorders can all affect
parents' ability to care for their children
appropriately. A small percentage of abusive
parents or spouses are psychotic.

12. EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE
Lack of trust and relationship difficulties.
Abuse by a primary caregiver damages the most
fundamental relationship as a child—that you will
safely, reliably get your physical and emotional
needs met by the person who is responsible for
your care. Without this base, it is very difficult to
learn to trust people or know who is trustworthy.
This can lead to difficulty maintaining
relationships due to fear of being controlled or
abused. It can also lead to unhealthy
relationships because the adult doesn’t know
what a good relationship is.

13. • Core feelings of being “worthless” or
“damaged.”
If you’ve been told over and over again as a
child that you are stupid or no good, it is very
difficult to overcome these core feelings. You
may experience them as reality. Adults may
not strive for more education, or settle for a
job that may not pay enough, because they
don’t believe they can do it or are worth
more. Sexual abuse survivors, with the stigma
and shame surrounding the abuse, often
especially struggle with a feeling of being
damaged.

14. • Trouble regulating emotions.
Abused children cannot express emotions
safely. As a result, the emotions get stuffed
down, coming out in unexpected ways. Adult
survivors of child abuse can struggle with
unexplained anxiety, depression, or anger.
They may turn to alcohol or drugs to numb
out the painful feelings.

15. • Growing up in an abusive family can lead a
person to think that example is a good way to
discipline others. Others become abusive because
they're not able to manage their feelings
properly. Also, drinking too much and/or drug use
can make it difficult for some people to control
their actions. Certain types of personality
disorders or mental illness might also interfere
with someone's ability to relate to others in
healthy ways or cause problems with aggression
or self-control.
• Of course, not everyone with a personality
disorder or mental illness becomes abusive.
Fortunately, people who abuse can get help and
learn how to take responsibility for how they act
— and learn ways to stop.

16. How will it affect his/her studies and
behavior in school?
• Children who are abused are often in physical
and emotional pain at school, they cannot
concentrate on schoolwork, and consequently
fall behind in their grades. They often find it
hard to make or keep friends, and may be
victimized by bullies or become bullies
themselves.

17. How to cope with violence
• Talk About Your Feelings
• Arrange school age children to receive counseling
from professionals at their school, often school
counselors.
• Experiment with various types of counseling: play
therapy, peer support groups, anger management
classes and safety programs to teach kids how to
extract themselves from dangerous situations.

18. • Help children find a loving and supportive
adult to introduce to the child and encourage
the child to spend as much time regularly with
the adult. Family Violence Defense Fund
reports that the single most important
ingredient to help children heal and develop
resiliency is the presence of a loving adult.
• Provide a safe environment that does not
include violence in any form
• Help children create a sense of safety by
having scheduled routines, such as regular
meals and homework times.

19. LAWS AND ORDERS
PROTECTION ORDER
• It is an order issued for the purpose of preventing
further acts of violence against a woman or her
child specified in R.A. 9262 (physical, sexual, and
psychological violence, and economic abuse) and
granting other necessary relief (Sec. 8, R.A. 9262)
PURPOSE:
• safeguarding the victim from further harm
• minimizing any disruption in the victim's daily life
• facilitating the opportunity and ability of the
victim to independently regain control over her
life

20. • Barangay Protection Orders (BPOs)
• refer to the protection order issued by
the barangay ordering the
perpetrator/respondent to desist from
committing the following acts: (a) causing
physical harm to the woman or her child; and (b)
threatening to cause the woman or her child
physical harm (Sec. 13, IRR of R.A. 9262)
• Prohibition of the respondent from threatening
to commit or committing, personally or through
another, the above-mentioned acts
• Prohibition of the respondent from
harassing, annoying, telephoning, contacting or
otherwise communicating with the victim-
survivor, directly or indirectly (Sec. 13, IRR of R.A.
9262)

21. Republic Act No. 9262 March 08, 2004
• AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND
THEIR CHILDREN, PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE
MEASURES FOR VICTIMS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES
THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
• cited as Anti-Violence Against Women and their
Children Act of 2004, defines "violence against
women," provides for protective measures and
safeguards for survivor-victims, and prescribes
penalties for the commission of the act. It establishes
an Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women
and Their Children tasked to formulate programs to
eliminate such acts of violence, as well as to develop
capability programs for their employees to become
more sensitive to their client's needs.

22. Where to report violence
AGENCIES
• Department of Social Welfare and Development – is a
government institution that handles matters of social
welfare of Filipinos especially of those in need of proper
care and attention
• PNP Women and Children Protection Center - Formerly the
Women and Children Concerns Division (WCCD), the WCPC
now serves as the focal point of coordination and
cooperation between the PNP and the different
government and non-government organizations (NGOs)
involved in enhancing the programs and activities for the
protection and welfare of women and children in the fields
of investigation, training and counseling