Professors Susana
Pilar Gaytán,
Ana María Gómez and María
Rosario Pásaro
from the Department of Physiology in the University of Seville,
Spain
affirm that, even though the violence has ceased, the level of these hormones
does not decrease in a long time; hence, if a woman has been abused for a
protracted period and then this dreadful episode has come to its conclusion, this
probably is not the actual end of it.
The main purpose for this assembly of practitioners to conduct this research is
to find out the biological aspects that can make an individual vulnerable to
this kind of attacks.
The levels of oxytocin, prolactin
and cortisol, among other hormones, are related to the resilience of the
person—i.e., the capacity that a person possesses of getting her (or his, given
that there are cases of men being
abused) strength back from any hideous event such as having become a victim of
mistreatment. Just a blood sample would be necessary to let everybody know that
she spent part of her life with a sadistic human being.
Which alternative do you think that
would be more suitable to take? Would you just let your feelings out or go
through a blood test? Let’s consider that the second option would give away the
fact that the person could be lying.
Lying about being abused is clearly a possibility and; therefore, this finding is remarkable since it gives a way to detect liars who said they have suffer from abuse when they haven't and liars who say the haven't when they have. But I strongly believe that more education in this matter is fundamental to come to an elimination of the situation (in a rather utopic world). For example a key factor to dimish this kind of situation is to know how an abuser come to be what they are, how to avoid this situation (if it can be avoided), how to recognize them, and what makes the victims tolerate that, in this case a research about psychological profile of the victim and the abuser would be a possible start. This way, we can educate ourselves and other people about this situations and recognize a victim and a abuser if they are close to us.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Javiera that this blood test to know if a woman is being abused is remarkable, and also I agree that our society needs more education to show people that they should treat each others properly--considering that it is not only from a man towards a woman, but also viceversa. Instead of being educated for defending against an abuser, people should be educated for not abusing.
ReplyDeleteI may say that I agree with both of you. Not only women are abused, but also men, but our prideful and stubborn nature makes us not able to show what we feel. Besides, abused should be shown from the beginning as a dreadful issue--unfortunately, as Javiera said, it would be sort of utopic. Also, this blood testing could be a great step in matters of law, for example. As I mentioned before, this could confirm the victim's testimony--or not.
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