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Wife Abuse
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Wife Abuse
An examination of the changing legal and social views, feminism, response of the justice system, examples and victim empowerment.
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages) |
18 sources |
1994
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"Now, as I look back, I think Jim has pushed me or slapped me a couple of times. I don't recall that he ever really hurt me. I think maybe I have had a bruise or two, but never something as bad as a black eye. You see, Jim doesn't really have a bad temper. He's not really gentle, but not rough either. But sometimes, we get to fighting and he might push me, grab me, or even slap me. Once I think he punched me. But he's not a violent man (Gelles & Strauss, 1988, 52).The experiences of "Lois," described by Gelles and Strauss (1988, p. 52) as a 35-year-old mother of three, are not atypical. Just as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart claimed that, although he could not define pornography, "I know it when I see..."
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