Format:
1 online resource (134 pages)
ISBN:
9781555537562
Series Statement:
Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law
Content:
A provocative investigation of how fathers' rights groups are trying to erode the gains of the battered women's movement.
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- The Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law Editor: Claire Renzetti -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Backlash -- My Position as a Scholar -- Chapter Outline -- 1 Key Contexts -- Terminology -- Research -- Policy -- Antifeminist "Men's Rights" and "Fathers' Rights" Groups -- The Social Ecology of Woman Abuse -- 2 Booth v. Hvass -- Why Equal Protection Arguments Matter -- The Equal Protection Claim -- Claims and Evidence -- The Defense Response -- 3 Popular Discourses -- Antifeminist Discourses on Woman Abuse -- 4 Batterer Narratives -- Denial -- Minimization -- Excuse -- Justification -- Patriarchy in Batterer Narratives -- Learning from the Narratives of Men Who Batter Women -- 5 Sex Differences -- The Booth Plaintiffs' Sources -- Research Demonstrating Sex Differences in Violence against Intimates -- Homicide -- Separation Assault -- Stalking -- Sexual Assault -- Sublethal Injury -- Implications of Sex Differences in Violence against Intimates -- 6 Gender and Patriarchy -- Gender -- Patriarchy -- Patriarchy, Gender, and Violence across the Social Ecology -- Cultural Factors -- Community Factors -- Interpersonal Factors -- Change over Time (Chronosystem) -- Interaction of Multiple Factors (Mesosystem) -- Scholarly Evidence of Patriarchal Peer Support of Violence against Women -- 7 Conclusion -- Directions for Future Research -- Policy Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781555537388
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781555537388
Language:
English
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