Domestic Abuse Flashcards
What do radical feminists say about domestic abuse?
- The family is the main source of female oppression
- women are dominated through domestic
What do Liverstone and Millet say (radical feminist)
Domestic violence is a way of exerting patriarchal control
- male domination in a state of institution help to explain
What are some criticism for radical feminists
Faith Robertson say
- not every man is aggressive and violent
- radical feminists ignore men being abused
Also doesn’t explain lesbian couples
What is a materialist explanation
- Domestic abuse is the result of stress on family members caused by social inequality
- the more stress to pile on a family eg a w/c family are more likely to face domestic abuse
What did Williamson (materialist) say on domestic abuse
Not all people are equally exposed to opportunities for domestic abuse
- factors like power, status, wealth and income are greater risk
What are some criticism for materialist views
Unlike radical feminists it doesn’t explain why women are more likely to be abused
What are some facts of domestic abuse?
- 2 million people reported domestic abuse in the last year
- 2 women a week are killed by domestic abuse
- 30 men die each year due to domestic abuse
- 100 women are killed a year
Why are statistics on domestic abuse sometimes not reliable?
- lack of reliable reporting
- false accusations
- some victims never report
- government may want to look good so they may lie on some reports
What did Dar say is a reason why people do not report?
He claimed that some people may not report because they believe that the domestic violence is deep and just trivial
