Women and Male Violence

by Schechter, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780896081598
• ISBN10: 0896081591
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-01-01
• Publisher: South End Pr

Summary

"Women and Male Violence" takes an in-depth look at battering and the social movement against it. It describes not only the horrifying experiences of victims, but the powerful movement that demands an end to violence against women and permanent changes in the conditions of women's lives. "Women and Male Violence" is comprehensive in its coverage of the movement's history and growth from the founding of the first shelters in 1976 to today's global consciousness and activism among women. Schechter examines a wide range of topics, including the struggle for police, judicial, and social service reforms; the role of academic sociologists and professionals; racism; state and national coalitions; the particular roles of lesbians and men; and the current right wing attack and government cutbacks. "Women and Male Violence" is important as feminist history and theory. Written with the compassion and insight of a participant, this book provides overwhelming evidence of the institutional and cultural realities that maintain and perpetuate male violence and prevent women from stopping it.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. i
Introduction	p. 1
Building a Movement	p. 10
Before the Movement: the Socially Induced Silence	p. 11
the Roots of the Battered Women's Movement: Personal and Political	p. 29
the Emergence of the Battered Women's Movement	p. 53
Growing Pains	p. 81
the Movement Organizes Itself: State and Local Coalitions	p. 113
National and International Efforts	p. 133
Social Change on Behalf of Battered Women: Reforming the Criminal Justice System	p. 157
the Contradictory Effects of Government Involvement	p. 185
Looking Toward the Future	p. 208
Toward an Analysis of Violence Against Women in the Family	p. 209
Services and Politics: the Need for a Dual Focus	p. 241
an Agenda for the Battered Women's Movement: Internal Issues	p. 257
Organizing in the 80s	p. 287
the Contributions of the Battered Women's Movement: a Premature Assessment	p. 311
Appendix	p. 323
Notes	p. 326
Selected Bibliography	p. 349
Index	p. 361
About South End Press	p. 369
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