Couples- Domestic Violence

Question 1

Dobash + Dobash

Answer 1

-Violent incidents set off by what husbands saw as a challenge to authority
-Marrige legitimates violence aginst women by conferring power and authority to husbands and dependency on wives

1997

Question 2

Millet + Firestone

Answer 2

-All societies founded on patriarchy, men are the enemy, oppressorsand exploiters of women
-Male domination of state institutions explains reluctance of police courts to deal effectively with cases
-DV serves to meet the needs of male authority

1970

Radical Feminists

Question 3

Wilkinson + Pickett

Answer 3

-DV a result of stress caused by social inequality
-LIC or overcrowded homes increases stress, reduces chance of maintaining stable , caring relationships
-Those with less power, status, wealth more at risk

2010

Materialistic

Question 4

Ansley

Answer 4

-‘Takers of shit’
-DV is a product of capitalism
-Male workers exploited and therefore take out frustration on wives

1972

Marxist Feminist