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Social problem
Introduction
A social problem has been defined as a condition that a community views as being undesirable. News is filled with undesirable social condition such as violence, drug abuse and rape cases, corruption among others. Studies have shown that, social problems require solution to avoid their occurrence and to ensure desirable environment condition of human beings ( Loseke 1). Among the above social problems, the worst problems that have affected the modern world are violence and rape cases. In my opinion, these problems seem to affect an individual emotionally, physically, psychologically among others.
According to Rainwater ( 2) domestic violence is a social problem that has increased over the years. Estimates of 960, 000 incidents of violence against, former spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend or relative, have been reported daily in the entire world. At least one in every three women have been, coerced into sex or else abused in her lifetime. Cases of violence have increased drastically for the past years. For instance, in the year 2001, more than half a million women were victims of nonfatal violence committed by their intimate partner (Loseke 3). In addition, 50 % of the men that assault their wives have frequently abused their children. As a result, children have suffered emotionally causing many to grow up with that trauma and some performing poorly in the academic work.
Violence has become a severe problem affecting people’s lives and their emotions. To avoid this problem, we ban violent movies that have been said to cause violence. The government should govern media entertainment by cutting sown violence and killing movies. In addition, parents should teach their kids on moral behaviors and punish them when they do violence behavior. When the child is brought up in a right way, chances of been a better person is high. By changing one child, one changes a nation.
Rape is among the worse problems that affects the modern society. Effects and aftermath of rape are hard to bear. It causes psychological trauma, physical injuries and at times death. Studies have shown 50 % of women are raped yearly. One in five women has been reported to been raped in her lifetime (Rainwater 2). Cases of rape are increasing dairy including father raping their daughters, sexual assaults by strangers, others by relatives or else intimate partners. The actual number of rape cases records have been extremely high from been recorded fully.
Women in refuges have been in threat of sexual coercion. The offenders said to be male refugees or else men from rival ethnic group. Early last year, 20 % of women refugees reported to be raped in Kenya. In addition, war has been linked to rape for the last one hundred years. For instance, German soldiers raped soviet women during Second World War. Japanese soldiers forced Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese women into prostitution during Pacific War and colonialism. During the nine months Pakistan was in war, Pakistan soldiers raped over 200, 000 Bengali women. When these rape victims were interviewed, they confessed rape to be mentally disturbed than any other aggressive actions (Loseke 3).
The question still lies, what should be done to stop rape violence. The first solution is to support women and men working that campaign on ending violence. This can be done by volunteering your time, donating money and lobbying legislators. These will ensure its effectiveness.
Another important thing the government should implement regulates policies that severely punish the perpetrators. All rapists should be punished so that others can learn from them.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the above two problems mostly exist in all communities. Statistics on its occurrence tend to increase daily. Every newspaper is filled with these two stories, solutions for stopping the problem should be enhanced as discussed in this paper
Work cited
Loseke, Donileen. R. Thinking about social problems: an introduction to constructionist perspectives. New York: Transaction Publishers, 2003. Print
Rainwater, Lee(Ed). Social problems and public policy: deviance and liberty. New York: Transaction Publishers, 1974. Print
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