Ch 7 Flashcards
Hotlines and shelters
First hotline in st Paul Minnesota
First shelter there also
Over 5000 shelters exist now
Shelters turn away 4 victims for every victim they take in
Stages leading to homicide if women tried to leave
Initial attraction, she thinks it mutual affection
Physical abuse, she is in disbelief
If it increases her survival depends on get successfully leaving
Final phase occurs if she cant get away
Intimate partner violence IPV
Leading cause of injury and death to American women.
Single most dangerous place for a woman is her home
African-American women
1.23 times more likely to experience minor violence and twice as likely to experience severe violence as are white women
Overall rate 35% higher than white
Fear that black male will be mistreated by police
American Indian and Alaska native women
Experience violence at a higher rate than any other
It is associated with poverty Alcohol use and cultural stresses
Asian women
Lowest rate
May be due to underreporting
Caucasian women
Most family violence victims are whites.
More than one third experience IPV
Hispanic women
Hispanic women account for 16% of the population in the US
66% of one sample experienced IPV
Fear of deportation or cultural beliefs
Military violence against women
One study found 30% reported IPV
Violence against men
More than one and four heterosexual men have experienced IPV
Blacks experience at highest rate, 62% higher than whites
Date rape
Women are five times more likely to experience date rape then raped by stranger
Gay and bisexual men
Make up the largest group of LGBT survivors
Tend not to report
Lesbian survivors
Second most represented among total LGBT survivors
Lesbian community clings to a utopian existence that fails to acknowledge that IPV occurs
Identity abuse
Threat of outing in the exposure to homophobia
Outing is the act of exposing someone as a homosexual
Feminist approach
Abuse is influenced by numerous sources of oppression.
Oppression may cause stress in relationship and lowered self-esteem
Psychological model
Porn abuse is a learned behavior and abuse is the choice of the perpetrator
Social psychological model
Primary focus is on the institution of the family
The sociopolitical context of homophobia create the environment that supports abuse
Internalized homophobia
Internalization of negative societal and environmental attitudes against the LGBT population
Criminal justice interventions
System is reactive rather than proactive. It reacts through police action on my court intervention when an act rises to the level of violating law
Women reporting to police
Figure double victimize Asian, accusations may be met with disbelief
Men fear of reporting
Expected to protect themselves, feel shame, fear disbelief.
