Domestic Abuse

• Dobash and Dobash

  • marriage and the nuclear family is the key institution of patriarchy and the main source of women's oppression
  • domestic violence is inevitable because it preserves the patriarchy
• Ansley

  • domestic violence is the product of capitalism
  • male workers are exploited at work and take their frustration out on their wives
  • women are the 'takers of shit'
• Wilkinson

  • domestic violence is the result of stress on the family cuased by social inequality