Hi,
So this is what I have for my speech so far, please tell me what I can make better. It is not finished, I still did not put feeling into this speech.
Abuse
Have you ever gone home after school and everyday you had your mom tell you that you were stupid, fat, ugly, or useless? Have you ever cried your self to sleep every night because one of you parents was beating you every day? Have you ever felt that you were not good enough because of the things that your parent/guardian said to you?
Good evening judges, teachers and fellow students. My name is Nicole Hackett and the topic I have chosen to speak on this year is Abuse.
There are many different types of abuse, the first one being Emotional Abuse. Emotional abuse is consistently telling someone that they are worthless, for example. Telling someone they are not worthy of love is emotional abuse. Withholding of affection is also emotional abuse. Manipulation of someone so that they do precisely what the manipulator wants is emotional abuse example "If you loved me, you'd do x." "If you don't do this, then you don’t love me.”
The second type of abuse is Sexual Abuse. Sexual abuse is when any unwanted sexual attention is given, such as sexual comments, grabbing, touching, kissing or sex through force, pressure or threats, in other words rape.
The third is Physical Abuse. Physical abuse is any physical harm done to a person. Slapping, punching, kicking, biting, spitting, pushing and shoving, beatings, whippings, hitting, scratching, would all be examples of physical abuse.
The next example is Verbal Abuse. Verbal abuse is a pattern of behavior that can interfere with ones positive emotional development; over time this can lead to significant amount of damage to ones self esteem, physical state and emotional well-being.
These are the five most common times of abuse. Some others include, Religious abuse, is physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, used in connection to religious rite. Also using religious tenets to excuse sexual, physical, or emotional abuse. Like excusing a persons physical or sexual abuse because they are said to be “evil”.
Another example would be Financial Abuse, is when a person is controlling, through whatever way they can, a persons financial sources, such as money for clothing, food, shelter, etc. An example of this would be someone saying “Sign this check or I’ll beat you”.
Abuse is something that occurs everywhere in every part of the world. It is also a form of bullying. Fighting with siblings is normal but when one sibling has more control over what is going on it is abuse, for example, if one is getting picked on more and the other doesn’t have say.
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N
