Explanations of domestic violence
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- Created on: 14-02-19 17:10
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- Explanations of domestic violence
- Radical feminist
- marriage ensures male dominance
- explains why the police and courts are reluctant to report it
- men are the exploiters and enemy of women
- shulamith firestone and kate millet
- society is patriarchal and DV is an expected outcome
- evaluation
- strengths
- explains why its men v women
- explains why police are reluctant
- weaknesses
- not all men are violent
- faith robertson
- doesn't explain why women are the victims
- not all men are violent
- strengths
- Materialistic view
- domestic violence due to stress of an economically unequal society
- those on lower incomes experience more hardships
- evaluation
- strengths
- explains the difference in DV stats of middle/working class
- DV due to capitalism and that's why men take it out on women
- fran Ansley
- weaknesses
- doesn't explain why women are victims
- not all working class commit these violent acts
- strengths
- Radical feminist
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