Dating Abuse 

Statistics

As the chart to the left show us, since 1993 the amount of men being abused has stayed at a steady number but the amount of women has made an extreme downfall. With the social media being a huge factor, the government and organizations are now able to present ways to prevent abuse that occurs within couples. Methods that have been researched by sociologists and psychologists are now being performed on couples of all ages, genders and races without hesititation when decades ago it was frown upon to show some relationships support that was needed. Since the 1920s, the United States has shown improvement with dating abuse. Now there are about 1,746 organizations/shelters that help women and men who have been battered by their spouse. The chart shows that there has been a steady pattern but for the better as years have gone by and it seems like it'll only continue to drop if the United States continue to work with eachother in the organizations and outside of them. With October being the month that represents domestic violence, it allows people to express their feelings and tell their stories before it happens to anyone else. A relationship can be saved every single day by the people who are not afraid to their violent stories because then current victims can follow what these survivors have done to move on and live more content whether it's by themselves or back with their spouse.

The 1980's 

The early 1980s was a verry important time period because the government was beginning to realize that domestic violence was an issue that was spreading rapidly. Researchers got to work on discovering ways men or women could handle situations that involved violence. It was difficult at the beginning of it all due to the low funding and trying to spread the word that abuse within couples actually was a serious problem that had to be dealt with. 

The 1990's

Dating abuse finally grabbed the attention of U.S citizens when the infamous trial of O.J. Simpson was held. Simpson was convicted for two counts of murder. The murder was done on his wife at the time by the name of Nicole Brown Simpson and waiter by the name of Ronald Lyle Goldman.After eight months of trial his high profile defense team led by Johnnie Cochran was able to convince the jurors that O.J. Simpson was innocent. This trial left so many Americans surprised and more aware of the abuse that was going on between couples because it was being televised nationwide. 

History of Dating Abuse 

Over the past century, men and women have shown that they can both be responsible for abusing their partner. Since the 1980's it has been proven that there has been improvements with case studies that have been done on young couples. Researchers have discovered methods couples may folllow in order to keep a healthy relationship. Abuse within couples has become an issue in the United States and in order to make people aware of it, every year on the month of October people tell their stories and hold events so it doesn't reoccur with anyone else.