Editing Domestic abuse (section)

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'''Domestic abuse''', or '''domestic violence''', is a wide field of connected crimes based around the home, with relatives abusing one another in some fashion - normally it is associated with violence against women and [[Child Abuse|children]] but men can also be victims of abuse in their own homes, as can same-sex couples.

Abusive relationships have been a major social sin in recent times due to a raised awareness of women's rights and child welfare as well as a decline in some cultures of the traditional "macho" male image that promoted some abuse (for example some societies believed hitting a woman was acceptable to keep her "in her place" and beating children was common until fairly recent history).

The most extreme cases of domestic abuse can sometimes lead to [[familicide]].

In many areas, domestic abuse is now a criminal offense and abusers are often shunned by society due to the crime now having a social stigma (see above).