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| 4 main types of family violence |
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dating violence
spouse/partner violence
child abuse
elder abuse |
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| cultural beliefs and responses about rape |
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| cultural beliefs about gender, sexuality, and intimacy influence societal and legal response |
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| characteristics and legal issues with rape |
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-in the vast majority of cases the victim knows the attacker
-1 in 5 women are raped during college years but only 5% report it
-issue: is 2nd base rape?
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-criminal types
-hedonistic
-impulsive
-beat their wives and abuse them emotionally
-say that they are sorry after a beating and beg their wives for forgiveness
-psychopaths
-lack a conscious and are incapable of feeling remorse
-incapable of forming intimate relationships
-do not fear abandonment
-antisocial
-likelihood of drug and alcohol abuse |
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-fathers were likely to have battered their mothers, and they learned that battery is acceptable
-not as likely to have criminal records
-emotionally dependent on their wives
-fear abandonment
-motivated by fear of being left
-capable of severe assault and murder |
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| explanations of spousal/partner abuse - ie: contributing factors |
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- individual
- social organization of families
- power and family inequality
- structural inequality
- some properties of families make them more condusive to abuse
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History of laws/attitudes toward spouse/partner and child abuse |
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- historically men have more power in families and are the master of families
- built in gender power dynamic
- same sex couples have abuse - but a little bit less than hetero couples
- Roman law used to say that it was justifiable to kill your wife if she was drinking wine
- rule of thumb used to say that you can beat your wife with a stick if its the same size as your thumb
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