Domestic Abuse In South Asia

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Domestic abuse is the assault battery, sexual assault, physically abuse, verbal abuse, psychological violence, emotional abuse and more as a part of power and control perpetrated with one individual against another individual. Domestic abuse doesn’t vary by age, it’s all ages but mostly happens to women. Patriarchy is extremely powerful and therefore men can abuse women more. Domestic abuse has always existed and will continue to exist to eternity. South Asia refers to India subcontinents, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other regional countries. South Asian women face a large amount of domestic abuse around different countries due to language barriers, physical and verbal abuse, sexual abuse, and the fact that they are women. South Asians speak