Olivia is now 23 years old and four months pregnant. One yearago she married a young man named Jon. Their relationship has beenturbulent from the start, but ever since the pregnancy and Oliviabeginning to show, Jon has been increasingly controlling of thehousehold finances as well as where Olivia goes, who she is with,and who she talks to. Jon appears to be isolating Olivia from herfriends and family. He is often distant and stern with her, whileOlivia tries to be the “perfect wife.†Jon is hypervigilant when heis at home. Olivia is not happy in the marriage, but when her bestfriend, Helena, said to her over the phone that she thought Jon wasabusive, Olivia defended him and said that she would never leavesince she had no place to go and no access to money. Olivia alsoadded that Jon does not hit her or call her names, so he is notreally abusing her and she guesses all will be OK.
Olivia and Jon are a Mormon couple, and divorce is highlyfrowned upon by their faith and their families..
Do you feel that Jon is an abusive husband? Defend your answerbased on the literature.
Is Olivia showing signs of battered woman syndrome? Explain.
How might Olivia's psychosocial or cognitive development play arole in this scenario?
Compare and contrast the many ways this scenario would bedifferent if Olivia were abusing Jon instead of him abusing her.Differentiate how Jon would be viewed by society as an abusedhusband versus how Olivia would be viewed by society as an abusedwife.
