Domestic Violence 

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  • Created by: ecotts
  • Created on: 15-05-17 15:28
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  • Domestic Violence
    • Any physical, sexual, psychological or emotional abuse between a couple or family members
      • 2 million people reported having been a victim of domestic violence in 2012
      • 1 incident of domestic violence is reported to the police every minute
      • 35 assaults are made before the police are informed
      • 2 women a week are killed by a current or former male partner
      • 1 in 4 women will be a victim of domestic violence in their lifetime
      • Men less likely to report abuse as it makes them look unmanly, weak
    • Dar
      • fear of reprisals (comeback), too trivial (not important) which is why they don't report it
    • Cheal
      • Family seen as a private sphere and are postive
      • 6.5% of all incident were reports in 2006-11
    • Women often keep domestic violence hidden form friends and family because...
      • feel ashamed and frightened
      • Strong love, think it won't happen again
      • Blame themselves
      • scared of the consequences from reporting it
    • Radical Feminist
      • Dobash & Dobash
        • men dominate women through dv
          • Evidence of patricharcy
      • However
        • Not all men are violent, women can be violent to men too
        • some more vulnerable groups more at risk
    • Material
      • some groups more at risk than others (low income)
        • Lack of resource, time and money
      • DV results form stress of family members caused by inequality and poverty
      • Helps explain DV in lower classes
        • Ansley; wives are takers of ****
      • Doesn't explain why women rather than men

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