75% of Armenian women undergo violence, Head of the Sociometer Center Aharon Adibekyan said at a press conference on November 24. So, three out of four women in Armenia come across violence.
"5% of the women in Armenia undergo physical violence. The number of those subject to psychological violence and threats is even higher," he said. Adibekyan thinks the problem is rooted in the Armenian traditional family relationships, where wives constantly think they are guilty for certain things.
"Armenian women do not like to wash their dirty linen in public. They prefer keeping silence," he said.
It is noteworthy that women do not perceive psychological violence or intimidation as violence.
"Ignorant women or women from poor families are most vulnerable to violence," the sociologist says.
In the meantime, there are also families where, quite the opposite, wives beat their husbands, he said.
For her part, psychologist Lilit Khachatryan noted that those who were ignored in their childhood or saw violence in their family most often become victims of violence.
To note, November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In 2014 domestic violence in Armenia claimed lives of 11 women.