Ulwaphulaphulo olufihliweyo olubiza iLizwe eliyi-67 Billion
Isenzo sobugebengu sobundlobongela basekhaya sisoloko siphumelele ekuhlaselweni komzimba.
Kukho izizathu ezikhawulezayo ezibangele iqela. Ezi zibandakanya uxinzelelo, ukukhubekisa, ubunzima bezoqoqosho, ukuxhalaba, umona okanye umsindo. Isizathu esibangeleyo kukuba umntu uvakalelwa kukuba ubundlobongela bubasebenzela. Basebenzisa ukuxazulula iingxaki zabo baze basebenzise ukulawula kwabanye. Baqhubeka ngenxa yokuba akukho mntu ubenakho wabaphendula ngokuziphatha kwabo. Abafana abanobubundlobongela basekhaya basebenzeka kabini ukuba babe ngabaxhaphazi ngokwabo. (Umthombo: "Ubundlobongela basekhaya nakwiNyanyazi," i-American Academy of Experts in Stress Distress. "Yintoni Ubundlobongela?" I-DomesticViolence.org. "Iinkcukacha Eziqinileyo," i-Clark County Prosecuting Attorney.)
Ukushiya ulwalamano alisoloko luphelisa ubundlobongela basekhaya. Enyanisweni, loo nto ingaba yingozi kakhulu. Inxenye yesithathu yamaxhoba okubulala ngokubulala imiyalelo ibulawe ngaphakathi kwenyanga kunye nesihlanu kwisithuba seentsuku ezimbini zokuqala.
Kungenxa yokuba umenzi wobubi uvakalelwa ukulahlekelwa kolawulo, kwaye uyaqhubeka esecaleni, ahlukumeze, aze asongele ixhoba emva kokuphepha. ("Yintoni Ubundlobongela Basekhaya?" Ulungelelaniso lweSizwe olujongene noLwaphulo lwasekhaya.)
Izibalo
Unyaka ngamnye, amadoda namabhinqa ezigidi ezili-10 abhekene nobudlova basekhaya. Ngenxa yoko, enye yesithathu kubo bonke abafazi kunye neepesenti ezingama-25 zabantu bonke baye baba ngamaxhoba ngexesha elithile ebomini babo.
("Iingxelo," Ulungelelaniso lweSizwe olujongene noGonyamelo lwasekhaya.)
Ubundlobongela basekhaya luyintloko ebangela ukulimala kwabasetyhini phakathi kweminyaka eyi-15 no-44. Oku kungaphezulu kweengozi zemoto, ukuguqulwa kunye nokudlwengulwa okudibeneyo. Phakathi kwama-40 ekhulwini kunye nama-60 ekhulwini kwiifowuni zamapolisa iingxabano zasekhaya. (Umthombo: UCarrillo, uRoxann "Ulwaphulo-mthetho lwabaNtombazana: Into ephazamisayo kwiNtuthuko," Ingxelo yoPhuhliso lwaBantu, ngo-1990. "Ulwaphulo lwabafazi, iNgxelo yeMicimbi yabasebenzi," iKomidi yeeNkundla, i-United States Senate, i-102 yeCongress, ngo-Oktobha 1992, iphe .3.)
Phantse iipesenti ezingama-20 zolwaphulo-mthetho lwasekhaya, ipesenti ezingamashumi amabini zobundlobongela basekhaya zibandakanya isikhali. Ubukho bombundu bunyuse umngcipheko wokubulala abantu ngama-500 ekhulwini. Abasetyhini ababalelwa ku-12 000 babulawa ngugonyamelo lwasekhaya ngonyaka. Lona likhulu kunama-6,500 abulawe ekulweni kwi-Afghanistan ne-Iraq. ("30 Izibalo zobundlobongela basekhaya," iHotff Post.)
Umphumo kwi-Economy
Iindleko ezipheleleyo kwizoqoqosho zi-$ 67 billion. Emva koko intlungu, ubunzima kunye nokulahlekelwa komgangatho wobomi kufakiwe. (Umthombo: uLawrence A. Greenfield et al., Isebe lezobuLungisa base-US, Ulwaphulo-mthetho ngama-Intimates: Uhlalutyo lweNkcukacha malunga nezoLwaphulo ngoku okanye abaDlelwane basekuqaleni, Amakhwenkwe kunye namantombazana , ngoMatshi 1998.)
Kutheni iindleko ziphezulu kangaka? Ngaphezulu kwehafu yesixeko saseMerika zikhankanya ukusetyenziswa kakubi kwekhaya njengesizathu esiphezulu sokungabi nakhaya. Kungenxa yokuba phantse ama-40 ekhulwini kuwo onke amaxhoba asebenzisa kakubi basekhaya ahlala bengenamakhaya ngexesha elithile. Ingaphezulu kweyesithathu kwithuba lamapolisa lisetyenziselwa ukuphendula ukuxhatshazwa kwekhaya. Kwimihlali ephezulu ephezulu, ukusetyenziswa kakubi kwekhaya kungaba yicala loNombolo 1. (Umthombo: I-Allstate Foundation, i -Economics of Abuse. )
Iindleko kumaxhoba i-$ 8.8 yezigidigidi. Iindleko zonyaka kwiindwendwe zokuxhaphazwa kwasekhaya zi malunga ne-8.8 yezigidigidi zeeRandi, ngokweNational Institute of Justice. Kungenxa yokuba iindleko ezinxulumene nempilo yokuxhaphazwa kwasekhaya zidlula i-$ 5.8 yezigidigidi ngonyaka, i-$ 4.1 billion eziya kuthi zifumane iinkonzo zempilo zonyango kunye neengqondo. Nangona emva kweminyaka emihlanu emva kokusetyenziswa gadalala, iindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwabasetyhini abaneembali zokuxhaphaza zasekhaya zihlala ziphezulu kuma-20 eepesenti kunabasetyhini abangenayo imbali yokusetyenziswa kakubi.
Iindleko kumashishini yi-$ 5 billion. Ukusetyenziswa gadalala kumakhaya ase-US phakathi kwama-$ 3- $ 5 billion ngonyaka ngexesha elilahlekileyo, umveliso kunye nezindleko zempilo ezihlawulwa ngumqeshi.
Amaxhoba asetyenziswa kakubi basekhaya afumana ubunzima kwindawo yokusebenza, okubangelwa yimveliso elahlekileyo kunye nezigidi ezingaphezu kwezi-7.9 ezihlawulelwayo zokusebenza ezilahlekileyo ngonyaka. Ngokomzekelo, inyathelo lokufa elingalunganga kumqeshi ohluleka ukuphendula kumngcipheko womqeshwa wokusetyenziswa kakubi kwekhaya kwindleko yomsebenzi umqeshi u-850,000. (Umthombo: iBhunga leMicimbi yeSizwe, ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye noxinzelelo: Umsebenzi woLuntu / uxhulumano lweentsapho , eWashington, DC, ngo-Agasti 1990. Ingxelo yeNgxelo ekhethekileyo 23.)