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  1. Hi, my name is Danielle Apple, Apple.
  2. And my topic focuses on partner violence and asian american
  3. women. What is partner violence in asian american women's victimization
  4. history and in the moment responses to partner violence?
  5. Partner violence is defined as physical, sexual or psychological harm
  6. by a current or former dating partner or spouse.
  7. Partner violence can come from different ways.
  8. Many people do not understand or realize this because they
  9. think that violence can only come from something physical.
  10. They often disregard the psychological harm that partner violence has
  11. on the victims.
  12. This issue is faced by so many women around the
  13. world, but I want to focus and shed light on
  14. how asian american women have been targets for this crime
  15. for so long over the last few years.
  16. Partner violence negatively affects the well being of asian american
  17. women and this has prevented them from living out their
  18. lives and freedom.
  19. The negative effects of partner violence are or can be
  20. long term, which makes it difficult for these women to
  21. move forward.
  22. The effects of partner violence as I said, can be
  23. a long term.
  24. Okay, these women are victims and they face serious consequences,
  25. not just during the time of the event or events,
  26. but more so in the aftermath.
  27. PTSD, anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts are common after effects
  28. of partner violence.
  29. These mentally affect the victims and because of this, every
  30. other aspect of their life is negatively affected as well.
  31. Within these effects.
  32. Other conflicts may result, such as loss of trust and
  33. future and even current relationships.
  34. Their sense of identity is can or will be often
  35. questioned questions that arise such as what is my worth.
  36. What do I do now and why me are often
  37. faced by these women?
  38. Their self esteem and self worth was ruined and it
  39. will take time for them to build it back up.
  40. PTSD is post traumatic stress disorder, which most, if not
  41. all victims of partner violence experience.
  42. Individuals with PTSD maybe more hyper vigilant to threat.
  43. This means that the victims perceive most starts as false
  44. alarms present and or future relationships can easily get caught
  45. in the heat of these false alarms.
  46. Another long term effect is depression and it is a
  47. significant factor in affecting the women's well being.
  48. Depression is as though the start point of every other
  49. negative effect.
  50. When a person is in the state of depression, their
  51. thoughts are led by hurt, pain and hopelessness.
  52. This is followed by their actions or lack of thereof.
  53. This person shares her personal experience of what her state
  54. of depression looks like.
  55. She shares that her doctor says that she is in
  56. depression, it affects her health, she is losing weight, she's
  57. not happy and she's not eating.
  58. Another long term effects are anxiety or fear and suicide,
  59. anxiety and fear go hand in hand.
  60. When anxiety comes into play, it overwhelms a person.
  61. Those who suffered from partner violence can be filled with
  62. such, they can be anxious about themselves the future or
  63. what their life looks like now.
  64. And fear may also interfere with this and makes the
  65. anxiety worse.
  66. Asian american women may fear numerous things.
  67. The fear of getting hurt again, Whether that is physically
  68. mentally or emotionally fear of sharing what happened, especially with
  69. family and close friends.
  70. In regards to this, another fear that may arise is
  71. the fear that they will not be taken seriously or
  72. the fear that their experience and their situation will be
  73. overlooked. This may often happen, especially in asian households where
  74. the parents are hesitant to believe that such a horrible
  75. thing could happen to their daughters.
  76. People do not usually believe or not quick to believe
  77. asian american women when they bring up that they have
  78. experienced partner violence.
  79. Asian american women are expected to be silent because of
  80. this. They become trapped with in their own thoughts, which
  81. may lead to suicidal thoughts.
  82. The build up of PTSD depression, anxiety and fear becomes
  83. too much to bear that.
  84. In some cases, suicide seems as though the only option
  85. to quote occult freedom.
  86. Suicide generally occurred within the context of the abusive relationship,
  87. but sometimes subsequent to leaving the batterer as well.
  88. The trauma that these women have experienced is enough to
  89. push them in taking their own life.
  90. Suicidal thoughts have become the last rose lure of these
  91. women when they hit a roadblock of where else can
  92. I go from here or what is the point?
  93. And for me to keep going.
  94. Suicidal thoughts are quick to come to mind.
  95. Mhm conclusion pain, poor physical health, stress, depression and exhaust
  96. kept them or these women from engaging in normal life
  97. functions. Partner violence is often disregarded, especially when asian american
  98. women are the victims, their health and well being after
  99. surviving through the traumatic relationship should be nurtured more so.
  100. But because the perpetrators often win or get the final
  101. say, these women struggle in finding their voice and living
  102. their lives in freedom and peace, especially with all the
  103. trauma, anxiety, fear and stress that they have to face
  104. every single day, surviving the violent relationship is one thing
  105. dealing with life after is another.
  106. And instead of trying to get these women to better
  107. protect themselves.
  108. The other solution that would make most sense is dealing
  109. with the perpetrators.
  110. The perpetrators need to be educated and called out.
  111. These perpetrators do not see the problem of their actions
  112. and because of how blinded they are by this, they
  113. are unwilling to change their mindset of their partners and
  114. women in general.
  115. These asian american women that survived these violent relationships should
  116. not have to deal with the perpetrators, especially after the
  117. fact that they are trying to move on from that
  118. part of their life.