Persuasive Essay
... persistant attack on one's self-esteem, which results in injury is abuse. To Be accosted pshchologically, mentally, or verbaly is to suffer an emotionally abusive attack. No form of abuse can occur without psychological consequences; therefore all abuse contains elements of emotional abuse. If a child was to see his mother being physically abused, he then becomes emotionally abuse. In 1993, thirty-nine percent of women in abusive relationships reported that their children saw them being assulted. Cleary, that implies that thirty-nine percent of children suffer through emotional abuse. Women and children are most often emotionally abused. In 1995, the Canadian Womens Health test found that in a group or onethousand women fifteen years of age or over, thirty-six percent had suffered emotionally during their childhood years. Emotional abuse can have serious phsical and psycological consequences for women, including severe depression, anxiety, persistant headaches, back and limb problems, as well as stomach problems. Young victims of emotional abuse are often impaired in their psycological development. This abuse can affect childrens social development and may result in an...