Hans Anthony Galvez

Section 1

8 Nov 2015

Week 8

In their article "Intimate Partner Violence Among Asian Immigrant Communities", authors Yeon-Shim Lee and Linda Hadeed observe the trends of domestic violence and partner abuse particularly amongst Asian immigrant women. I can relate to the content in this article because I have had friends who came from homes where the male "leader" (typically the father) is basically allowed to abuse the wife without consequences. One thing I found interesting was how the lack of information on IPV's effects on the Asian immigrant community is due to the lack of research. This lead me to believe that researchers typically ignore the issues that happen among the Asian community and  therefore have a lesser understanding of why these events occur. This can play into orientalist views; researchers may ignore these important issues because they too believe that abuse and violence are acceptable in their mystified viewpoints of Asians.

Question: Why is there such a lack of research on these serious issues when it is known that they occur on a daily basis across large communities?