Writing to Convince

Well we all have something that we are passionate about. I've spent my time writing about violence because I think this is something that affects our everyday lives and future. I think there should be more time spent on trying to decrease violence. With the statistics showing how much violence goes on everyday it is really scary to think that if things keep on increasing we can all be in danger. But writing about such a vague subject, there comes branches within this topic. The thing is, there isn't just one type of violence, there are many. For example, terrorism,domestic violence,bullying. I've written a lot on domestic violence why? well because many people don't pay much attention to it. It's a silenced pain. As we think about our future we wonder if we have anything to worry about regarding our safety or even when we become parents, our childrens safety.

  Violence is something that needs to be looked upon. One example of violence is bullying. Bullying is still a cause of suicides among teenagers or younger kids. Bullying might be a type of violence that is advertised more but might not be heard of because the victims of this don't talk about it or tell anyone about it. Why? because most of the kids or people who get bullied are scared to speak up. They have been traumatized by their offenders and are scared that they might come after them and hurt them worse than the times before. Bullying varies everywhere, sometimes kids can be bullied at school or sometimes through the internet. What some people aren't aware of is that even online abuse counts as bullying someone else and most times the person who is doing the bullying won't be aware of how much impact it has on their victim. It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. How would that make you feel if one of those children included your son or daughter? I mean most times we barely pay attention to the facts that are in front of us, the problem is there,bullying is happening, probably right this instant. How scary is it to know that one in seven students is either a bully or victim. The problem will continue to increase if we don't decide to put a stop to it and create more awareness and passing this to others so they could too know that bullying needs to be stopped.

Another type of violence that we are more aware of is terrorism. It's something we all may live in fear of because we don't know when it might happen. For example, September 11, who even knew that something like that could happen to this Country? because I am 100% sure it caught me as off guard as it did the rest of the world. Its a bit unrealistic to hope we can all live in peace and harmony because nobody is perfect and eventually an arguments going to happen or a disagreement, but at least we can prevent this sort of violence from happening. There are so many people in the world a fight is bound to happen especially in all the different countries because each one believes in something different. But what is sad is that most terrorist attacks are from other countries. Is there that much hatred in the world that another culture would want to go as far as killing a race that is different of theirs because they don't believe in what they do? Or because they don't go along with what their government says? There are other ways to deal with problems that don't have to go as far as becoming a terrorist or being part of a terrorist attack. I think there are enough problems in the world to have to worry about someone creating ways to kill a whole race or attack a Country. Personally, I wish that people could open their eyes and realize that everyone is different and we don't all have the same beliefs but we do all have to live together in one world and it would be so much easier if the violence could decrease. There are ways to end this but it can't be done if everyone turns their back on it. The hatred that is in some peoples heart is truly horrible and not just that but what some children are being brought up with, to HATE someone who is different than them when they don't even know them. This should stop as well. If not soon we might as well all become terrorist, fill your heart with a little more love it takes more to hate than to love.

Domestic violence is something I have been devoting a lot of time to and enjoy writing about because it is truly an eye opener to many people who are unaware of the huge impact this has on society today. Like bullying, domestic violence is an unspoken pain. Many of the victims chose to keep it to themselves because of fear. The victims will rather keep it in and deny that any of this is happening because they're scared of the outcome, wether its another beating or fear of leaving their partners. Most of these women have been manipulated enough to think that there is no way out or that this is the "right" way to live. The level of manipulation and control that their partners have on them is so immense that they will stay with them even if it means pain with words or with a punch. It can be their husbands,boyfriends,partners or just someone they know that could be doing this to them. Did you know that one in six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape? Did you also know that 64% of women who reported being raped, physically assaulted, and/or stalked since age 18 were victimized by a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, boyfriend, or date? How scary is it to think that you might be one of these women? Eventhough you might be shaking your head saying NO that would never be me I would never let a guy lay a hand on me and if he did I would leave him as soon as that happened. Well think again because you might forgive him after he brings you roses or apologizes a million times. If it happens once it will happen again. Or in other cases in married couples when children are involved the women will choose to stay with them because they're the "housewives" they're too dependent on their husbands for the money and they're scared of the impact this might have on their kids. But what these women don't know is that the example that they are setting for their kids is just as bad and soon they'll lose respect for them because if they see daddy doing it why can't they? why should they respect someone who their father hits or curses at? Its such a scary thing to think about, to think about the pain these women are carrying within and how much abuse they have to put up with. It truly makes me angry to think that someone could abuse a person they say they love so much and not feel one once of guilt within their hearts. Not just that but to keep doing it after they apologize. This should be a warning sign for these women to know that they won't stop it might even get as bad as one day them being so angry they might kill them. They should think about this when there are kids involved. In other cases women get raped and assulted as well. These cases are so kept within. You would think that when something horrible like this happens to someone that they would want to get help but only about half of domestic violence incidents are reported to police. We can create awareness for this problem, we can PAY IT FORWARD and help these women get help and realize that there is a different life than living in misery and pain. They deserve better than being treated like nothings. The damage that the abuser has on its victim is scary to even think about, it might include mental breakdowns,phobias,depression,etc. We CAN do something to stop this. It's their drug and their addicted, that's what its like for them and women need to wake up and see that there is a way out that there is help and we can help, YOU can help.

Overall violence is something that we can each prevent. We can pay it forward and tell someone about this, convince them that there are ways to stop this. Wether its terrorism, bullying or domestic violence if there is a will there is a way. With one more person being aware of what is happening there is one more person that is trying to put an end to it. We need to do something now while we can so we don't have to look back on it years from now and say "we should have done something". No you can do something now before it happens before you have to look at statistics from 2010 and think about how you COULD have prevented it but didn't. We can decrease violence to have a better future.

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