Domestic violence is a serious crime in which one person in a household beats/abuses another. Domestic violence is usually seen among partners or lovers. Many people are victims of abuse today: 57% of girls reported being victims of such abuse, and 38% of boys reported being victims (Watson, Cascardi, Avery-Leaf, & O'Leary, 2001) . . As you can see, domestic violence is actually quite common and dangerous. Women aged 16 to 24 are the most common victims of domestic violence (Bennett and Fineran, 1998; Greenfield et al., 1998). And what is shocking is that adolescent abuse is rarely found in juvenile courts, unlike adult abuse. (Buel, 2003). Abuse can be perceived in several ways: 47% thought it was an expression of rage (Roscoe and Callahan; 1985), 47% thought it was confusion, 35% thought it was an expression of love, 12% thought it was an expression. of sadness, while 6% said it was an expression of hatred. (Roscoe and Callahan; 1985). One study showed that men are 3 times more likely to use violence as a form of bullying than women (Sugarman and Hotaling; 1989). As domestic violence increases, it also increases among adolescents, but only 3% of abused adolescents will actually tell an adult (Sousa, 1999). In the late 19th century, many women were AS abused as they are today. Women gained support in the mid-to-late 19th century, such as Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Pleck, 1987). Many abandoned this issue for other issues to reform and include women's suffrage (Hanmer, Radford, & Stanko, 1989). This happened again in the 1970s, when rape victims received support from feminists in the Women's Liberation Movement. Victims started talking about what happened, and it turned out that domestic violence is not...... middle of paper...... Cascardi, M., Avery -Leaf, S. and O'Leary, Roscoe, B. and Callahan, JE (1985). Adolescent self-report of violence in family and romantic relationships. Adolescence, 20, 545-553. Sugarman, DB and Hotaling GT (1989). Dating violence: prevalence, context, risk markers. In M. Pirog-Good & J. Stets (Eds.), Violence in dating relationships (pp. 3–32). New York: Praeger. Sousa, Calif. (1999). Teen dating violence: The hidden epidemic. Journal of Family Courts and Conciliation, 37, 356-374.Pleck, EH (1987). Domestic tyranny. The development of a social policy against family violence from colonial times to the present. New York: Oxford University Press. Hanmer, J., Radford, J., and Stanko, E. (1989). Women, police and male violence: international perspectives. London: Routledge. Okun, L. (1986). Abuse of women: facts replace myths. Albany: State University of New York Press.