Describe Factors Influencing Victimization of Women

Factors Influencing Women Victimization
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Factors Influencing Women Victimization
Socioeconomic status refers to the social status or class that an individual or group holds. Socioeconomic status is commonly measured in relation to education, income, as well as occupation. Basically, when evaluating a group or family socioeconomic status, the household income and also education are examined including their combined income. For an individual socioeconomic status, it is only one’s personal attributes that are assessed (Collective & Jones, 2009). However, socioeconomic status is generally used to represent an economic difference in the society as a whole. According to Bhattacharjee and Banda (2016), taking a close examination of socioeconomic status reveals inequalities in regards to access to resources, including issues that relate to privilege, power, and control.
Generally, socioeconomic status is one of the factors that can influence victimization against women in the society. One reason why socioeconomic status can influence victimization of women occurs when such women have low incomes or live in poverty. For example, when a woman without an income is married and the husband becomes abusive, she is unable to leave and stand on her own. Such a woman would have to endure the abuse because of her dependence on her husband despite the abuse. Bhattacharjee and Banda (2016) argues that women with low incomes and with less education have higher chances of being victimized. This occurs because lack of money or poverty can lead to violence because of financial and social stress. When such women are faced with such circumstances, the cost of living alone can prevent such women from leaving violent situations (Bhattacharjee & Banda, 2016). Further, when a woman is living in a poor neighborhood, such a woman has high chances of being victimized compared to a woman who living i...