English Blog: Project of Interest

Today I listened to a presentation about whether or not patients should be able to cut off their life support by choice or by their families choice. Another name for this is assisted suicide. This project interested me because I had never heard of this issue before. Also because it was interesting to see that patients actually have a choice whether to live or not. I thought about my position on this and I decided that I agree with it. I think that patients who are suffering or are not happy with a medical condition to the point where death is an option, that they should have a choice whether or not they would like to continue living with it. I decided on this after the speaker talked about how family members often trying to hang on to the patient even though that patient is suffering. The family also cant feel the pain that the patient does. For this reason I think the patient should have the choice to cut their life support and the patients family shouldn't be aloud to interfere.

The only thing more dangerous than staying... Is leaving.

Domestic violence is a terrible part of our country, it is estimated that 1 in 4 women experiences domestic violence in their life. Domestic violence is very dangerous, but sometimes women can't just walk away. During my research of domestic violence I learned about the dangersnof women leaving an abusive relationship with their partner having knowledge. It is actually more dangerous when a women tries to leave. According to a story on domesticviolencenomore.com women leaving a violent relationship is fatal. A direct quote from the story is as follows,

 "So I went into the bathroom and packed a bag to go and stay at my girlfriend's house.  Ahhh, THAT is when it started.  He threw me across the bathroom and I hit my head on the sink and fell between the toilet and the sink to the floor.  I remember staring at my legs and arms.  They were not comfortable in the contorted position in which they landed.  But I was in shock mostly that he so effortlessly pushed my chest and I literally flew across the bathroom."

For my paper I will write about whether it is better and try to fix the relationship or leave without notice. Some pros and cons to leaving are if you do get away and aren't later found you are safe from your partener. If you are caught however this could lead to a rapid increase in abuse making it less safe. To stay with a partner the pro is preventing the increase in abuse, a con is your living with your abuser who may hurt you anyway.

Violent Love.

During my research of domestic violence I was utterly shocked as I read the stories of young girls abusive relationships, Scarcely I've also already come across the stories of some young men. Each relationship follows a cycle, there is not one story I've read that was an exception. I read about this cycle first on Domesticviolence.org    It describes the beginning forms of abuse to the process of forgiving, and why those victims forgive. Often because the partner promises never to do it again and buys them gifts.

The Pros of my topic are definitely scarce as domestic violence isn't a pro. Although the pros to researching this topic include a lot of information, real stories written by the victims, and awareness to those in need. While researching my topic i was able to come across a wide variety of research. my favorite source is the Domestic violence.org with its link posted above. This is because it has such detail and allows you to understand what goes on in both the mind of the victim and the abuser. Another pro about my research is that many people who have been through this abuse in one period of their lives have posted stories on sites like this one Abuse Stories. This is a good source of information because it shows how exactly these people were feeling, how they were put into this position, and why they felt they couldn't leave their abuser. Another great thing about researching domestic violence is it allows you to become aware of signs of an abuser or if someone is in an abusive relationship. By doing this you can not only prevent begging a relationship with an abusive person but also knowing how to get out if you ever find yourself in one. It may also help you spot a friend in trouble.

The cons of my research is definitely fewer. When reading the stories of abuse it really makes you wish you could reach out to these people. It really dampens your mood. Other than this I'm very happy with my topic because its both interesting and I feel its something I'd like to share with my class to help teach those at a young age how to get out of an abusive relationship early in life so they will have those skills. Also so they know its okay to ask someone for help.