Domestic Violence

When I was taking my on-line quizzes in this class it made me start to think about the topics that they were over. The one topic that I began to think more in depth about was domestic violence. I feel that this is a topic that many people are very uncomfortable talking about even though it happens to so many around us. I found the lecture over this topic to be very powerful, for not only did we discuss many of the problems of violence in the home, but Professor Hollist also shared how his son was abused by his birth mother. Hearing this personal experience was moving to me and made me realize that even if the abuse doesn't happen directly to you that you can still be affected by it. I know many college age students are in relationships that are abusive and in a professional setting I would encourage those students to have the courage to leave those relationships that are causing them harm, whether the abuse is physical or emotional both can have a major toll on an individuals well-being and mental health. I think this lecture and topic made us all a little bit more aware of the severity of this type of violence.