Female Domestic Violence And Violence Against Women With...

Female Domestic Violence in the context of religious themes within the writings of Pamela Cooper-White, can be seen through the analyzation of violence against women with relationality and power. Cooper gives the example of a story of Tamar who yearns to have an I and thou relationship instead of an I and it relationship where a female is just an object to be used. In Cooper’s writings Martin Bruber takes this objectivity to help understand the relation of abuser and abused. Also, Bruber commenting on a context of desensitization of females from the perspective of military and media compounds the problem with violence against women. Cooper relates this need for acknowledgement of female person through scripture, Luke 6:31, â€Å"Do to†¦show more content†¦Instead, God needs to be less about male power and instead that of a loving God that suffers with and defends the broken and oppressed. Women are also being depicted as the bearer of sin and temptation in a Christian spiritual context from Adam and Eve. Women’s struggles also have come from distraught feelings and thoughts on scriptures about â€Å"turning the other cheek† and forgiveness as well as divorce as a sin and insolubility of Christian marriage. The realization is that through the abuse, the marriage covenant of respect and honor are already broken. Leaving an abusive situation then is not the breaking of any vow or covenant. Forgiveness is not of just an apology, but rather of a true repentance of the violent acts, which through a process of changing the violent ways is needed and not just a verbal apology. The problem women face with violence is derived from a male impression of who and what God is, male. The pastoral care then needs to address this long history of control and power of the male God and human male. To look at God as not a controlling male, but rather as a loving caring God who wants joy for all of God’s human creation. The initial action for a woman who has been abused and is in crisis is to listen to her. Finding out if she is safe. If she is suicidal to let her speak and find out if she has a detailed plan. If needed, to call the authorities. If not, to have a discussion of her choice and to discuss her situation.