Domestic violence: lesson 22

Question 1

Define domestic violence

Answer 1

Controlling, coercive, threatening or violent behaviour between 16+ who have been intimate or family

Question 2

Name the forms of domestic violence

Answer 2

• Physical
• Emotional
• Sexual
• Psychological
• Financial

Question 3

What is the radical feminist explanation for domestic violence?

Answer 3

• families and marriages are patriarchal
• men use domestic violence as social control
• inevitable under the patriarchy

Question 4

Who are the radical feminists regarding domestic violence?

Answer 4

Dobash & Dobash

Question 5

What do Dobash and Dobash believe the reasoning for domestic violence is?

Answer 5

Men’s authority being challenged

Question 6

What is the Materialist explanation for domestic violence?

Answer 6

Inequality, domestic violence as a result of stress regarding low income

Question 7

What are some domestic violence statistics?

Answer 7

• 5.5% of adults 16-74 experienced domestic abuse in 2020, 1.6 million being women and 757k being men
• 74% of victims were women in 2020