domestic violence

• more common in women than men
• technology made it easier for men to track womens movement
• rape cases low conviction rates due to fear of not being believed or children going away
• martial rape illegal from 1991
• EXP FOR DV- radical feminist

  dobash and dobash blame patriachy as women use violence to exert their violence to meet cultural expectations of a 'good wife'

  HOWEVER, they criticise low prosectution rates arguing institutionalised sexism ans assumption women victimise themself
• EXP FOR DV - marxist feminist

  blame capitalism and patriachy as men are stripped of control at work so go home to women who are 'takers of shit' - ansely

  HOWEVER it can also affect men especially in dual earner families
• EXP FOR DV - marxism

  domestic stress in working class families as they face material deprivation and worry triggering domestic violence

  HOWEVER, lockdown increased rates due to unemployment and stress