Blog 14: Stop Violence

1. What can a woman do to reduce her risk of assault?

Last time in my fitness and health class, we have a speaker who talks about in how a woman permits violence against them. It was very difficult to talk about this issue, because we get to the point that, today many women do not report violence against men with the police due to important factors in their family. But, at the end of the discussion we end with the point that the violence will continued, if women do not report this to the police. However, every day a women who do not report this to the police, it is killed by his own boyfriend or husband.

I would like to talk about on how my country faces to many issues about this problem. Mexico is a country which faces the problem of “Machismo” which means a man who wants to dominate his wife completely. Marisol mentions also this problem in her blog because it is very true that many Mexican women never report any type of violence against men. Even know many women get beat by his husband many times they still doing nothing about it.

I believed the best decision a woman can do to stop this problem is by reporting any type of violence or if they do not want to reported then can look for professional help. There are many free ways to look for professional help, also many organizations are open for persons who have this type of problems. I think you just need to do it because tomorrow can be very late.

I can admit that I have family members with alcohol and smoking problems. Since, I was a kid I remember that my dad smokes cigarettes every day. But I always think on how one day I will do something to help him to quit smoking. Now, everyone body needs to know that smoking is the leading cause of death worldwide. For this reason I am always worried about what is going to happen with people who are addicted to this drug. I can say it is a drug because smoking cigarettes contains nicotine it is why you cannot live without a cigarette and nicotine is like a drug.

Moreover, my parent was addicted to smokes cigarettes until this year I help him to quit smoking. This problem means a lot to me, because I am so glad to study this major, that way I can say studying this major helps me and also helps my dad to quit smoking. Overall I can say that a health studies helps me as student and helps all my family too. Now, my dad have almost two years not smoking, but we can say that he quits completely, I can say that he pass his first barrier and I know he will continue do on it and my family and I , we will continue support him.

I can say that tobacco has been a drug that kills millions of people every year it is why I recommended people quit smoking if you do not wanted do it for your family do it for your own benefit. Also do not let other made decisions for you, because you are the only person who have the decision to quit smoking. Peers who made decisions for you are not true friends, also do not let adolescents to die so premature for smoking cigarettes, because it is so sad how this “monster” kills people every years, but not also kills people also destroys families. However, I am so happy dad my dad quits smoking, and also I am so passion with my major.