For this week, I read the article on IPV or intimate partner
violence among Asian American immigrant communities or more specifically among
the women within this immigrant Asian community. Through the article, I realized
that IPV are real and valid. Most goes unnoticed because of the Asian culture
or ethics that what is personal should be personal among married couples and
not to the other. I have seen cases like these within my own ethnic community
and what is disappointing is that the women don't "show or tell." It
is like a cultural stigma as described in the article. What's more is that IPV
ruins many things such as ones health, relationship with family and others,
emotional state, and many more related factors. I honestly think that there
needs to be more prevention programs or information session to give advice to
Asian immigrant communities about IPVs. But it will also be challenging too
because of the cultural norms of an Asian culture in respect to all ethnicities
that falls under this category. This can be tied to what we discussed in class
about cultural hegemony and how through this hegemonic environment, it is hard
and difficult to break away from the mold that was built from the beginning of
time.
Question: How can we
spread the word on IPV and not make it look like we are fighting against ones
culture? How can we come to an understanding?
Lee, Yeon-Shim, and Linda Hadeed. Intimate
Partner Violence Among Asian Immigrant
Communities: Health/Mental Health Consequences, Help-Seeking Behaviors, and Service
UtilizationTrauma Violence Abuse April 2009 10: 143-170, first
published on April 20, 2009
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