domestic violence

    Cards (10)

    • definition
      'any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, corecive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 and over who are or have been intimate patterns or family members regardless of gender or sexuality' home office 2013
    • types of abuse
      financial
      emotional
      physical
      sexual
      psychological
    • Coleman et al on domestic abuse
      found that women were more likely than men to have experienced 'intimate violence' across all types of abuse- partner, family, sexual assault and stalking
    • Russel and Dobah's research
      based on police and court reports and interviews with women in women's refuges
      they found examples of wives being slapped, pushed,beaten ,raped or killed by their husbands
    • Russel and Dobash's findings for causes of abuse
      found that violent incidents could be set off by what a husband saw as a challenge to his authority e.g. his wife asking why he was home late
      argue marriage legitimises violence against women by conferring power and control on husbands
    • official statists of domestic violence
      Yearnshire found that on average suffer 35 assaults before making a report
      Dar argues victims of domestic violence are less likely to report any other form of violence as they view it as too trivial
    • explanations of domestic violence
      radical feminist explanation
      materialist explanation
    • radical feminist perspective
      see the family and marriage as the key institutions in patriarchal society and the main source of oppression
      in the family men dominate women through domestic violence or the fear of it
      widespread domestic violence is an inevitable feature of patriarchy and perseveres the power over women
      male domination over state institutions explains police reluctancy to effectively deal with it
    • materialistic explanation
      focuses on the economic and material factors such as inequalities in income and housing to explain why some groups are more at risk than others
      Pickett sees DV as the result of stress on family members caused by social inequalities
      e.g. stress of money, jobs and housing
    • marxist feminists view
      Ansley (1972) describes wives as 'takers of shit'
      domestic violence is the product of capitalism
      male workers are exploited at work and take their frustration out on their wives
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